Ant error: Reference does not exist as wire target

Problem:

When executing ant to deploy a composite application to Oracle SOA Suite 11g, you may experience the following error:

scac-validate:
     [echo] Running scac-validate in /u01/svn/HelloWorld/composite.xml
     [echo] oracle.home = /u01/app/oracle/middleware/Oracle_SOA1/bin/..
    [input] skipping input as property compositeDir has already been set.
    [input] skipping input as property compositeName has already been set.
    [input] skipping input as property revision has already been set.

scac:
     [scac] Validating composite "/u01/svn/HelloWorld/composite.xml"
     [scac] INFO: SchemaManager.isIncrementalBuildSupported XMLSchema incremental build enabled.
     [scac] error: location {/ns:composite/ns:reference[@name='HelloWorld/ShipHelloWebService']}: Reference HelloWorld/ShipHelloWebService does not exist as wire target
     [echo]
     [echo] ERROR IN TRYCATCH BLOCK:
     [echo] /home/oracle/deploy/build.soa.xml:114: The following error occurred while executing this line:
     [echo] /home/oracle/deploy/build.soa.xml:129: The following error occurred while executing this line:
     [echo] /u01/app/oracle/middleware/Oracle_SOA1/bin/ant-sca-package.xml:46: The following error occurred while executing this line:
     [echo] /u01/app/oracle/middleware/Oracle_SOA1/bin/ant-sca-compile.xml:269: Java returned: 1 Check log file : /tmp/out.err for errors

Solution:

The solution is simply as follows.

1. Edit the .componentType file (e.g., HelloWorld.componentType)

2. There is an extra <reference> element that is not used in your code. Delete it.

3. For example, delete the second reference, as it is related to the reference highlighted in the error above:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<componentType xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/sca/1.0" xmlns:ui="http://xmlns.oracle.com/soa/designer/">
  <service ui:wsdlLocation="HelloWorld.wsdl" name="HelloWorld">
    <interface.wsdl interface="http://xmlns.oracle.com/ProvABCSImpl/OMS/Core/QueryHello/V1#wsdl.interface(HelloWorld)"/>
  </service>
  <reference ui:wsdlLocation="http://soaserver.ipnweb.com:8001/soa-infra/services/default/InvokeSearchHelloWebService/SearchHelloWebServiceRouter_ep?WSDL" name="SearchHelloWebService">
    <interface.wsdl interface="http://service.ipnweb.com/SearchHello#wsdl.interface(SearchHello)"/>
  </reference>
  <reference ui:wsdlLocation="http://soaserver.ipnweb.com:8001/soa-infra/services/default/InvokeShipHelloWebService/ShipHelloWebServiceRouter_ep?WSDL" name="ShipHelloWebService">
    <interface.wsdl interface="http://service.ipnweb.com/ShipHello#wsdl.interface(ShipHello)"/>
  </reference>
</componentType>

Applicable Versions:

• Oracle SOA Suite 11g (11.1.1.x)