The endpoint reference (EPR) for the Operation not found

Following exception is quite usual in AXIS2 deployments –

 

The endpoint reference (EPR) for the Operation not found is http://localhost:8080/services/serviceName and the WSA Action = actionName

 

This exception is cased due to very simple yet difficult to figure out reason – the service isn’t existing at all. When a client tries to connect to this web-service and it doesn’t find any web-service at mentioned URL, the above exception is thrown. To solve this problem, simple solution is to check if the URL is correct and service is in existence.