2724436 - "ModuleException" and "NullPointerException" in Axis scenario

SOAP Sender / Receiver communication channel with Axis Protocol is used in the business scenario. After configuring the channel(s) correctly, the scenario fails with the following "ModuleException" which ends in a "NullPointerException":

[EXCEPTION]
javax.ejb.EJBException: (Failed in component: sap.com/com.sap.aii.axis.app, BC-XI-CON-AFW-TAD) Exception raised from invocation of public com.sap.aii.af.lib.mp.module.ModuleData com.sap.aii.adapter.axis.modules.AFAdapterBean.process(com.sap.aii.af.lib.mp.module.ModuleContext,com.sap.aii.af.lib.mp.module.ModuleData) throws com.sap.aii.af.lib.mp.module.ModuleException method on bean instance com.sap.aii.adapter.axis.modules.AFAdapterBean@48608f37 for bean sap.com/com.sap.aii.axis.app*xml|com.sap.aii.adapter.axis.ejb.jar*xml|AFAdapterBean in application sap.com/com.sap.aii.axis.app.; nested exception is: java.lang.NullPointerException: while trying to invoke the method com.sap.aii.af.lib.mp.module.SModule.process(com.sap.aii.af.lib.mp.module.ModuleContext, com.sap.aii.af.lib.mp.module.ModuleData) of a null object loaded from field com.sap.aii.adapter.axis.modules.AFAdapterBean.core of an object loaded from local variable 'this'

After collecting XPI Inspector traces with example 50, using the affected communication channel(s), the following errors can be seen in the traces:

Catching java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/axis/AxisEngine
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forNameFW(Class.java:256)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:166)

...

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.axis.AxisEngine
------------------------- Loader Info -------------------------
ClassLoader name: [sap.com/com.sap.aii.axis.app]
Living status: alive
Direct parent loaders:
[system:Frame]
[service:servlet_jsp]
[service:ejb]
[library:com.sap.aii.af.lib]
[library:com.sap.aii.af.axis.lib]
[service:com.sap.aii.af.svc]
[service:com.sap.aii.adapter.xi.svc]
[sap.com/com.sap.aii.adapter.axis]
Resources:
/usr/sap/<SID>/<Instance>/j2ee/cluster/apps/sap.com/com.sap.aii.axis.app/EJBContainer/applicationjars/com.sap.aii.adapter.axis.ejb.jar
/usr/sap/<SID>/<Instance>/j2ee/cluster/apps/sap.com/com.sap.aii.axis.app/servlet_jsp/XIAxisAdapter/root/WEB-INF/lib/com.sap.aii.adapter.axis.web_api.jar
---------------------------------------------------------------
at com.sap.engine.boot.loader.MultiParentClassLoader.loadClass(MultiParentClassLoader.java:274)
at com.sap.engine.boot.loader.MultiParentClassLoader.loadClass(MultiParentClassLoader.java:243)
... 98 more

• SAP NetWeaver
• SAP Process Integration

Process Integration, PI, Process Orchestration, PO, NetWeaver, XI, AEX, ModuleException, NullPointerException, NoClassDefFoundError, Axis, ClassNotFoundException, required component missing, looking for org.apache , KBA , BC-XI-CON-AXS , Axis Extention for SOAP Adapter , BC-XI-CON-SOP , SOAP Adapter , Problem