Inconsistent SAXException when using the AdgroupAdAdService in the Java SDK

[Ethan Warwick]

Hey all,

I am trying to list ads for an adgroup using the Java Adwords sdk and am getting the exception below. I've traced it all the way down in the debugger, and the call to the API is successful, but the Adwords library is failing to deserialize the response from the API. It only happens for some adgroups/clients...I'm thinking this is a bug in the API but not sure. Has anyone had this issue before or have any insight into why it happens/how to fix it?

org.xml.sax.SAXException: SimpleDeserializer encountered a child element, which is NOT expected, in something it was trying to deserialize.

at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.SimpleDeserializer.onStartChild(SimpleDeserializer.java:145) ~[axis-1.4.jar:?]

at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.startElement(DeserializationContext.java:1035) ~[axis-1.4.jar:?]

at org.apache.axis.message.SAX2EventRecorder.replay(SAX2EventRecorder.java:165) ~[axis-1.4.jar:?]

at org.apache.axis.message.MessageElement.publishToHandler(MessageElement.java:1141) ~[axis-1.4.jar:?]

at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.deserialize(RPCElement.java:236) ~[axis-1.4.jar:?]

at org.apache.axis.message.RPCElement.getParams(RPCElement.java:384) ~[axis-1.4.jar:?]

at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2467) ~[axis-1.4.jar:?]

at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366) ~[axis-1.4.jar:?]

at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812) ~[axis-1.4.jar:?]

at com.google.api.ads.adwords.axis.v201806.cm.AdGroupAdServiceSoapBindingStub.get(AdGroupAdServiceSoapBindingStub.java:1751) ~[adwords-axis-3.15.0.jar:?]

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[?:1.8.0_171]

at com.google.api.ads.common.lib.soap.SoapClientHandler.invoke(SoapClientHandler.java:100) ~[ads-lib-3.15.0.jar:?]

at com.google.api.ads.common.lib.soap.axis.AxisHandler.invokeSoapCall(AxisHandler.java:234) ~[ads-lib-axis-3.15.0.jar:?]

at com.google.api.ads.common.lib.soap.SoapServiceClient.callSoapClient(SoapServiceClient.java:63) ~[ads-lib-3.15.0.jar:?]

at com.google.api.ads.common.lib.soap.SoapServiceClient.invoke(SoapServiceClient.java:93) ~[ads-lib-3.15.0.jar:?]

Thanks!

[Luis Xander Talag (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Ethan,

This issue seems to be more related to Java client library rather than the API. I would suggest to post your issue in this link as the client library owners are more equipped to assist you here.

Thanks and regards,

Luis

AdWords API Team