FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM, 21.0-b17, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment,
1.7.0-b147

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows XP

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
java.lang.NoSuchMethodException in java.beans.Statement.invokeInternal

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: <unbound>=WebServiceData.getJaxWsDescriptor();
   at java.beans.Statement.invokeInternal(Statement.java:313)
   at java.beans.Statement.access$000(Statement.java:58)
   at java.beans.Statement$2.run(Statement.java:185)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:0)
   at java.beans.Statement.invoke(Statement.java:182)
   at java.beans.Expression.getValue(Expression.java:153)
   at java.beans.DefaultPersistenceDelegate.doProperty(DefaultPersistenceDelegate.java:192)
   at java.beans.DefaultPersistenceDelegate.initBean(DefaultPersistenceDelegate.java:253)
   at java.beans.DefaultPersistenceDelegate.initialize(DefaultPersistenceDelegate.java:400)
   at java.beans.PersistenceDelegate.writeObject(PersistenceDelegate.java:118)
   at org.netbeans.modules.websvc.manager.model.WebServiceDataPersistenceDelegate.writeObject(WebServiceDataPersistenceDelegate.java:70)

Please see details also in http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=202501

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 6u26

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
See the source code .
The code works fine with JDK6.
It throws an exception with JDK 7.

The problem occurs on bean serializing attempt via XML encoder.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
There should no be exception and object should be serialized.
ACTUAL -
An exception.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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XMLEncoder encoder = new XMLEncoder(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream( fileName )));
WebServiceData wsData = some initialized object instance
encoder.writeObject(wsData);

See source code of WebServiceData class :
http://hg.netbeans.org/web-main/file/c5eaea25e4fc/websvc.manager/src/org/netbeans/modules/websvc/manager/model/WebServiceData.java

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