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akordula
Occasional Contributor
12 years ago

NUL xml files

An error occurred on my Soap UI (I unfortunately didn't get a screen capture of the exact error, but it required me to create a new workspace). After I created, I was unable to open some of my past projects. When looking at the XML in those projects, it is just a long string of "NUL"s...has anyone else ever seen this occur? If so, any thoughts on how to get my projects back?

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  • akordula's avatar
    akordula
    Occasional Contributor
    12 years ago
    This is the error from the log:

    Error at line 1, column 1
    org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException: error: Illegal XML character: 0x0
    org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.io.IllegalCharException: Illegal XML character: 0x0
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.UTF8XMLDecoder.decode(UTF8XMLDecoder.java:196)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.XMLStreamReader$FastStreamDecoder.read(XMLStreamReader.java:762)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.XMLStreamReader.read(XMLStreamReader.java:162)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.PiccoloLexer.yy_refill(PiccoloLexer.java:3474)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.PiccoloLexer.yylex(PiccoloLexer.java:3958)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.Piccolo.yylex(Piccolo.java:1290)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.Piccolo.yyparse(Piccolo.java:1400)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.Piccolo.parse(Piccolo.java:714)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Locale$SaxLoader.load(Locale.java:3454)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Locale.parseToXmlObject(Locale.java:1276)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Locale.parseToXmlObject(Locale.java:1263)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.schema.SchemaTypeLoaderBase.parse(SchemaTypeLoaderBase.java:345)
    at com.eviware.soapui.config.SoapuiProjectDocumentConfig$Factory.parse(Unknown Source)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectPro.loadProject(SourceFile:193)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProject.<init>(WsdlProject.java:244)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectPro.<init>(SourceFile:180)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectProFactory.createNew(SourceFile:53)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectProFactory.createNew(SourceFile:16)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.WorkspaceImpl.reloadProject(WorkspaceImpl.java:539)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.WorkspaceImpl.openProject(WorkspaceImpl.java:665)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.actions.project.OpenProjectAction.perform(OpenProjectAction.java:39)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.actions.project.OpenProjectAction.perform(OpenProjectAction.java:26)
    at com.eviware.soapui.support.action.swing.SwingActionDelegate.actionPerformed(SwingActionDelegate.java:89)
    at com.eviware.soapui.support.action.swing.DefaultActionList.performDefaultAction(DefaultActionList.java:107)
    at com.eviware.soapui.ui.Navigator$TreeMouseListener$1.run(Navigator.java:408)
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Locale$SaxLoader.load(Locale.java:3486)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Locale.parseToXmlObject(Locale.java:1276)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Locale.parseToXmlObject(Locale.java:1263)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.schema.SchemaTypeLoaderBase.parse(SchemaTypeLoaderBase.java:345)
    at com.eviware.soapui.config.SoapuiProjectDocumentConfig$Factory.parse(Unknown Source)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectPro.loadProject(SourceFile:193)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProject.<init>(WsdlProject.java:244)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectPro.<init>(SourceFile:180)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectProFactory.createNew(SourceFile:53)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectProFactory.createNew(SourceFile:16)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.WorkspaceImpl.reloadProject(WorkspaceImpl.java:539)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.WorkspaceImpl.openProject(WorkspaceImpl.java:665)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.actions.project.OpenProjectAction.perform(OpenProjectAction.java:39)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.actions.project.OpenProjectAction.perform(OpenProjectAction.java:26)
    at com.eviware.soapui.support.action.swing.SwingActionDelegate.actionPerformed(SwingActionDelegate.java:89)
    at com.eviware.soapui.support.action.swing.DefaultActionList.performDefaultAction(DefaultActionList.java:107)
    at com.eviware.soapui.ui.Navigator$TreeMouseListener$1.run(Navigator.java:408)
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
    Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; systemId: file:; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; Illegal XML character: 0x0
    org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.io.IllegalCharException: Illegal XML character: 0x0
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.UTF8XMLDecoder.decode(UTF8XMLDecoder.java:196)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.XMLStreamReader$FastStreamDecoder.read(XMLStreamReader.java:762)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.XMLStreamReader.read(XMLStreamReader.java:162)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.PiccoloLexer.yy_refill(PiccoloLexer.java:3474)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.PiccoloLexer.yylex(PiccoloLexer.java:3958)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.Piccolo.yylex(Piccolo.java:1290)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.Piccolo.yyparse(Piccolo.java:1400)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.Piccolo.parse(Piccolo.java:714)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Locale$SaxLoader.load(Locale.java:3454)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Locale.parseToXmlObject(Locale.java:1276)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Locale.parseToXmlObject(Locale.java:1263)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.schema.SchemaTypeLoaderBase.parse(SchemaTypeLoaderBase.java:345)
    at com.eviware.soapui.config.SoapuiProjectDocumentConfig$Factory.parse(Unknown Source)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectPro.loadProject(SourceFile:193)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProject.<init>(WsdlProject.java:244)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectPro.<init>(SourceFile:180)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectProFactory.createNew(SourceFile:53)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlProjectProFactory.createNew(SourceFile:16)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.WorkspaceImpl.reloadProject(WorkspaceImpl.java:539)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.WorkspaceImpl.openProject(WorkspaceImpl.java:665)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.actions.project.OpenProjectAction.perform(OpenProjectAction.java:39)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.actions.project.OpenProjectAction.perform(OpenProjectAction.java:26)
    at com.eviware.soapui.support.action.swing.SwingActionDelegate.actionPerformed(SwingActionDelegate.java:89)
    at com.eviware.soapui.support.action.swing.DefaultActionList.performDefaultAction(DefaultActionList.java:107)
    at com.eviware.soapui.ui.Navigator$TreeMouseListener$1.run(Navigator.java:408)
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.Piccolo.reportFatalError(Piccolo.java:1038)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.Piccolo.parse(Piccolo.java:717)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Locale$SaxLoader.load(Locale.java:3454)
    ... 30 more
    Caused by: org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.io.IllegalCharException: Illegal XML character: 0x0
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.UTF8XMLDecoder.decode(UTF8XMLDecoder.java:196)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.XMLStreamReader$FastStreamDecoder.read(XMLStreamReader.java:762)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.XMLStreamReader.read(XMLStreamReader.java:162)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.PiccoloLexer.yy_refill(PiccoloLexer.java:3474)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.PiccoloLexer.yylex(PiccoloLexer.java:3958)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.Piccolo.yylex(Piccolo.java:1290)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.Piccolo.yyparse(Piccolo.java:1400)
    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.piccolo.xml.Piccolo.parse(Piccolo.java:714)
    ... 31 more
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
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    12 years ago
    Can you try the following:

    - Open the "soapui.bat", "soapui.sh", or "soapUI-Pro-4.5.1.vmoptions" file in Notepad located in the "bin" directory of the application
    - Add the following line to the end of the file without the quotes:
    "-Dfile.encoding=UTF8"
    - Save the file and restart SoapUI

    Michael Giller
    SmartBear Software
  • akordula's avatar
    akordula
    Occasional Contributor
    12 years ago
    Thanks for the info! Tried that and it didn't work. I pasted at the end of the .vmoptions file. I'm thinking my projects might all be lost since they don't contain any xml anymore just a bunch of "NUL"?
  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    Community Hero
    12 years ago
    Did you create a new workspace? Have you tried to look for the old workspace file (it is an xml) which contain the path to your projects. May be you can import the same project file from old workspace to new workspace.