Deploying a top down endpoint results in the following NullPointerException at invocation: -

12:53:16,705 INFO [PhaseInterceptorChain] Interceptor has thrown exception, unwinding now
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.AbstractInvoker._invokeInternal(AbstractInvoker.java:128)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.AbstractInvoker.invoke(AbstractInvoker.java:104)
at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:57)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37)
at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:95)
at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:236)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:89)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletDestination.invoke(ServletDestination.java:99)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invokeDestination(ServletController.java:368)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.ServletControllerExt.invoke(ServletControllerExt.java:160)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.RequestHandlerImpl.handleHttpRequest(RequestHandlerImpl.java:61)