DO NOT REPLY [Bug 18024] New: - Bad client handling of HTTP 204 NO CONTENT response

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Bad client handling of HTTP 204 NO CONTENT response

           Summary: Bad client handling of HTTP 204 NO CONTENT response
           Product: Axis
           Version: current (nightly)
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Minor
          Priority: Other
         Component: Basic Architecture
        AssignedTo: axis-dev@ws.apache.org
        ReportedBy: stevel@apache.org


when somehow the server doesn�t generate any content, it goes

        if (responseMsg == null) {
            res.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT);
            if(isDebug) log.debug("NO AXIS MESSAGE TO RETURN!");

But the client side doesn�t recognise this 204 fault code as anything other than
success, and expects proper XML

     [java] org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Premature end of file.
     [java]     at org.apache.axis.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:129)
     [java]     at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:543)

     [java]     at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:377)
     [java]     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2545)
     [java]     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2515)
     [java]     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2210)
     [java]     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2133)
     [java]     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1656)

Either the client sees 204 & handles it, or we return something else. 

Recommendation: what does the WS-Basic profile suggest? IF nothing, we should
add it?