Or it could be just different versions of com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-core and com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl. Ensure they are the same across your dependency:tree. I had -core v.2.2.11 and -impl v.2.2.6 in my project which led to the same exception. After setting both versions to 2.2.11 via dependencyManagement section everything became fine.
Ton of material on that out there – just google for “WCF basicHttpBinding wsHttpBinding”. You’ll find amongst others: WCF : BasicHttpBinding compared to WSHttpBinding at SOAP packet level. Difference between BasicHttpBinding and WsHttpBinding and many, many more! Very basically: basicHttp is SOAP 1.1, wsHttp is SOAP 1.2 (they’re quite different, esp. when it comes to … Read more
It all begins with the fact that SOAP is XML. And when you send anything other than text, for instance, an image – it has to be converted into a datatype that an XML processor can understand. Without MTOM, your image will be converted to base64Binary and placed smack in the middle of your SOAP … Read more