Solaris 9 9/05 Release Notes

Some com.sun Application Programming Interface Method Invocations Fail Under XML/HTTP Transport Protocol (4497393, 4497399, 4497406, 4497411)

If you choose to use the com.sun application programming interface rather than the javax application programming interface to develop your WBEM software, only Common Information Model (CIM) remote method invocation (RMI) is fully supported. Other protocols, such as XML/HTTP, are not guaranteed to work completely with the com.sun application programming interface.

The following table lists examples of invocations that execute successfully under RMI but fail under XML/HTTP:

Method Invocation 

Error Message 

CIMClient.close()

NullPointerException

CIMClient.execQuery()

CIM_ERR_QUERY_LANGUAGE_NOT_SUPPORTED

CIMClient.getInstance()

CIM_ERR_FAILED

CIMClient.invokeMethod()

XMLERROR: ClassCastException