CXF outbound endpoint closes stream payloads resulting in attempted read on closed stream errors

This is probably related to http://mule.mulesource.org/jira/browse/CXF-8

OK, fixed for real this time with a test case: http://fisheye.codehaus.org/changelog/mule/?cs=13737
And merged: http://fisheye.codehaus.org/changelog/mule/?cs=13741

I did some testing on 2.2-SNAPSHOT (build 13742) and got the following error after a couple of requests:

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• Mule ESB and Integration Platform *
• Version: 2.2.0-SNAPSHOT Build: 13742 *
• MuleSource, Inc. *
• For more information go to http://mule.mulesource.org *
• *
• Server started: 2009-01-19 11:31 *
• Server ID: 4a992e52-e614-11dd-81b8-6f79dcf3e930 *
• JDK: 1.6.0_07 (mixed mode) *
• Encoding: OS: Cp1252, Mule: UTF-8 *
• OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 (6.0, x86) *
• Host: stopc6442 (192.168.3.54) *
• *
• Agents Running: None *
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  2009-jan-19 11:31:20 org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean buildServiceFromClass
  INFO: Creating Service {http://support.cxf.transport.mule.org/}ProxyService from class org.mule.transport.cxf.support.ProxyService
  2009-jan-19 11:31:20 org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit dispatchMuleMessage
  INFO: Sending message to http://localhost:63081/services/Echo
  INFO 2009-01-19 11:31:20,072 [connector.http.0.receiver.3] org.mule.transport.service.DefaultTransportServiceDescriptor: Loading default outboun
  d transformer: org.mule.transport.http.transformers.ObjectToHttpClientMethodRequest
  2009-jan-19 11:31:22 org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean buildServiceFromClass
  INFO: Creating Service {http://support.cxf.transport.mule.org/}ProxyService from class org.mule.transport.cxf.support.ProxyService
  2009-jan-19 11:31:22 org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit dispatchMuleMessage
  INFO: Sending message to http://localhost:63081/services/Echo
  2009-jan-19 11:31:23 org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean buildServiceFromClass
  INFO: Creating Service {http://support.cxf.transport.mule.org/}ProxyService from class org.mule.transport.cxf.support.ProxyService
  2009-jan-19 11:31:23 org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit dispatchMuleMessage
  INFO: Sending message to http://localhost:63081/services/Echo
  2009-jan-19 11:31:24 org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean buildServiceFromClass
  INFO: Creating Service {http://support.cxf.transport.mule.org/}ProxyService from class org.mule.transport.cxf.support.ProxyService
  2009-jan-19 11:31:24 org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit dispatchMuleMessage
  INFO: Sending message to http://localhost:63081/services/Echo
  2009-jan-19 11:31:25 org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean buildServiceFromClass
  INFO: Creating Service {http://support.cxf.transport.mule.org/}ProxyService from class org.mule.transport.cxf.support.ProxyService
  2009-jan-19 11:31:25 org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit dispatchMuleMessage
  INFO: Sending message to http://localhost:63081/services/Echo
  2009-jan-19 11:31:26 org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean buildServiceFromClass
  INFO: Creating Service {http://support.cxf.transport.mule.org/}ProxyService from class org.mule.transport.cxf.support.ProxyService
  2009-jan-19 11:31:26 org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit dispatchMuleMessage
  INFO: Sending message to http://localhost:63081/services/Echo
  2009-jan-19 11:31:27 org.apache.cxf.service.factory.ReflectionServiceFactoryBean buildServiceFromClass
  INFO: Creating Service {http://support.cxf.transport.mule.org/}ProxyService from class org.mule.transport.cxf.support.ProxyService
  2009-jan-19 11:31:27 org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit dispatchMuleMessage
  INFO: Sending message to http://localhost:63081/services/Echo
  2009-jan-19 11:31:27 org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain doIntercept
  INFO: Interceptor has thrown exception, unwinding now
  org.apache.cxf.interceptor.Fault: Could not create XMLStreamReader (input was of encoding UTF-8).
  at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.StaxInInterceptor.handleMessage(StaxInInterceptor.java:83)
  at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:220)
  at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:78)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfServiceComponent.sendToDestination(CxfServiceComponent.java:284)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfServiceComponent.onCall(CxfServiceComponent.java:112)
  at org.mule.model.resolvers.CallableEntryPointResolver.invoke(CallableEntryPointResolver.java:52)
  at org.mule.model.resolvers.DefaultEntryPointResolverSet.invoke(DefaultEntryPointResolverSet.java:50)
  at org.mule.component.DefaultLifecycleAdapter.invoke(DefaultLifecycleAdapter.java:205)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractJavaComponent.invokeComponentInstance(AbstractJavaComponent.java:83)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractJavaComponent.doInvoke(AbstractJavaComponent.java:74)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractComponent.invokeInternal(AbstractComponent.java:133)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractComponent.invoke(AbstractComponent.java:161)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.invokeComponent(AbstractService.java:934)
  at org.mule.model.seda.SedaService.doSend(SedaService.java:243)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendEvent(AbstractService.java:507)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:354)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.send(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:220)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:180)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver$DefaultInternalMessageListener.onMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:364)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:252)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:193)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.doRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:284)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.processRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:229)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.run(HttpMessageReceiver.java:189)
  at org.mule.work.WorkerContext.run(WorkerContext.java:310)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1061)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:575)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  Caused by: com.ctc.wstx.exc.WstxIOException: chunked stream ended unexpectedly
  at com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxInputFactory.doCreateSR(WstxInputFactory.java:548)
  at com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxInputFactory.createSR(WstxInputFactory.java:604)
  at com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxInputFactory.createSR(WstxInputFactory.java:629)
  at com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxInputFactory.createXMLStreamReader(WstxInputFactory.java:324)
  at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.StaxInInterceptor.handleMessage(StaxInInterceptor.java:81)
  ... 27 more
  Caused by: java.io.IOException: chunked stream ended unexpectedly
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.ChunkedInputStream.getChunkSizeFromInputStream(ChunkedInputStream.java:252)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.ChunkedInputStream.nextChunk(ChunkedInputStream.java:221)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.ChunkedInputStream.read(ChunkedInputStream.java:176)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.ChunkedInputStream.read(ChunkedInputStream.java:196)
  at com.ctc.wstx.io.UTF8Reader.loadMore(UTF8Reader.java:365)
  at com.ctc.wstx.io.UTF8Reader.read(UTF8Reader.java:110)
  at com.ctc.wstx.io.ReaderBootstrapper.initialLoad(ReaderBootstrapper.java:245)
  at com.ctc.wstx.io.ReaderBootstrapper.bootstrapInput(ReaderBootstrapper.java:132)
  at com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxInputFactory.doCreateSR(WstxInputFactory.java:543)
  ... 31 more
  ERROR 2009-01-19 11:31:27,316 [connector.http.0.receiver.9] org.mule.DefaultExceptionStrategy:
  ********************************************************************************
  Message : Failed to route event via endpoint: DefaultOutboundEndpoint
  Unknown macro: {endpointUri=http}
  , transformer=[ObjectToHttpClientMethodRequest{this=1eb9fde, name='O bjectToHttpMethod', ignoreBadInput=false, returnClass=interface org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod, sourceTypes=[interface org.mule.api.Mul eMessage, class [B, class java.lang.String, class java.io.InputStream, interface org.mule.api.transport.OutputHandler, class org.mule.transport.N ullPayload]}], name='endpoint.http.localhost.63081.services.Echo', properties={}, transactionConfig=Transaction{factory=null, action=NEVER, timeo ut=0}, filter=null, deleteUnacceptedMessages=false, securityFilter=null, synchronous=false, initialState=started, responseTimeout=3000, endpointE
  ncoding=UTF-8}. Message payload is of type: PostMethod (org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException)
  org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher:127 (http://www.mulesource.org/docs/site/current2/apidocs/org/mule/api/transport/DispatchEx
  ception.html)
  ********************************************************************************
  Root Exception stack trace:
  org.apache.commons.httpclient.ProtocolException: Unbuffered entity enclosing request can not be repeated.
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.EntityEnclosingMethod.writeRequestBody(EntityEnclosingMethod.java:487)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.writeRequest(HttpMethodBase.java:2114)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.execute(HttpMethodBase.java:1096)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:398)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:346)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.execute(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:120)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.doSend(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:250)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageDispatcher.send(AbstractMessageDispatcher.java:164)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractConnector.send(AbstractConnector.java:1911)
  at org.mule.endpoint.DefaultOutboundEndpoint.send(DefaultOutboundEndpoint.java:76)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit.sendStream(MuleUniversalConduit.java:287)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit.dispatchMuleMessage(MuleUniversalConduit.java:201)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit$1.handleMessage(MuleUniversalConduit.java:161)
  at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:220)
  at org.apache.cxf.endpoint.ClientImpl.invoke(ClientImpl.java:296)
  at org.apache.cxf.endpoint.ClientImpl.invoke(ClientImpl.java:242)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfMessageDispatcher.doSendWithClient(CxfMessageDispatcher.java:194)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfMessageDispatcher.doSend(CxfMessageDispatcher.java:128)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageDispatcher.send(AbstractMessageDispatcher.java:164)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractConnector.send(AbstractConnector.java:1911)
  at org.mule.endpoint.DefaultOutboundEndpoint.send(DefaultOutboundEndpoint.java:76)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:327)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:213)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter$2.doInTransaction(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:149)
  at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:99)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter.send(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:156)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.FilteringOutboundRouter.route(FilteringOutboundRouter.java:79)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.OutboundPassThroughRouter.route(OutboundPassThroughRouter.java:69)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection$1.doInTransaction(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:64)
  at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:45)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:69)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendToOutboundRouter(AbstractService.java:904)
  at org.mule.model.seda.SedaService.doSend(SedaService.java:244)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendEvent(AbstractService.java:507)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:354)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.send(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:220)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:180)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver$DefaultInternalMessageListener.onMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:364)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:252)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:175)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.MuleInvoker.invoke(MuleInvoker.java:107)
  at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:56)
  at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37)
  at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:92)
  at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:220)
  at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:78)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfServiceComponent.sendToDestination(CxfServiceComponent.java:284)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfServiceComponent.onCall(CxfServiceComponent.java:112)
  at org.mule.model.resolvers.CallableEntryPointResolver.invoke(CallableEntryPointResolver.java:52)
  at org.mule.model.resolvers.DefaultEntryPointResolverSet.invoke(DefaultEntryPointResolverSet.java:50)
  at org.mule.component.DefaultLifecycleAdapter.invoke(D2009-jan-19 11:31:27 org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain doIntercept
  INFO: Interceptor has thrown exception, unwinding now
  org.apache.cxf.interceptor.Fault: Could not send Message.
  at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.MessageSenderInterceptor$MessageSenderEndingInterceptor.handleMessage(MessageSenderInterceptor.java:64)
  at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:220)
  at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.resume(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:198)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfServiceComponent$1.write(CxfServiceComponent.java:271)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpServerConnection.writeResponse(HttpServerConnection.java:293)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.run(HttpMessageReceiver.java:189)
  at org.mule.work.WorkerContext.run(WorkerContext.java:310)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1061)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:575)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: socket write error
  at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
  at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(Unknown Source)
  at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(Unknown Source)
  at java.io.DataOutputStream.write(Unknown Source)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.ChunkedOutputStream.flushCache(ChunkedOutputStream.java:99)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.ChunkedOutputStream.finish(ChunkedOutputStream.java:143)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.ChunkedOutputStream.close(ChunkedOutputStream.java:199)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.support.DelegatingOutputStream.close(DelegatingOutputStream.java:39)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalDestination$ResponseConduit.close(MuleUniversalDestination.java:100)
  at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.MessageSenderInterceptor$MessageSenderEndingInterceptor.handleMessage(MessageSenderInterceptor.java:62)
  ... 9 more
  efaultLifecycleAdapter.java:205)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractJavaComponent.invokeComponentInstance(AbstractJavaComponent.java:83)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractJavaComponent.doInvoke(AbstractJavaComponent.java:74)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractComponent.invokeInternal(AbstractComponent.java:133)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractComponent.invoke(AbstractComponent.java:161)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.invokeComponent(AbstractService.java:934)
  at org.mule.model.seda.SedaService.doSend(SedaService.java:243)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendEvent(AbstractService.java:507)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:354)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.send(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:220)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:180)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver$DefaultInternalMessageListener.onMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:364)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:252)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:193)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.doRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:284)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.processRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:229)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.run(HttpMessageReceiver.java:189)
  at org.mule.work.WorkerContext.run(WorkerContext.java:310)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1061)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:575)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  
  ********************************************************************************
  
  2009-jan-19 11:31:27 org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain doIntercept
  INFO: Interceptor has thrown exception, unwinding now
  org.apache.cxf.interceptor.Fault: Could not send message to Mule.
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit$1.handleMessage(MuleUniversalConduit.java:165)
  at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:220)
  at org.apache.cxf.endpoint.ClientImpl.invoke(ClientImpl.java:296)
  at org.apache.cxf.endpoint.ClientImpl.invoke(ClientImpl.java:242)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfMessageDispatcher.doSendWithClient(CxfMessageDispatcher.java:194)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfMessageDispatcher.doSend(CxfMessageDispatcher.java:128)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageDispatcher.send(AbstractMessageDispatcher.java:164)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractConnector.send(AbstractConnector.java:1911)
  at org.mule.endpoint.DefaultOutboundEndpoint.send(DefaultOutboundEndpoint.java:76)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:327)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:213)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter$2.doInTransaction(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:149)
  at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:99)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter.send(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:156)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.FilteringOutboundRouter.route(FilteringOutboundRouter.java:79)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.OutboundPassThroughRouter.route(OutboundPassThroughRouter.java:69)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection$1.doInTransaction(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:64)
  at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:45)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:69)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendToOutboundRouter(AbstractService.java:904)
  at org.mule.model.seda.SedaService.doSend(SedaService.java:244)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendEvent(AbstractService.java:507)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:354)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.send(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:220)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:180)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver$DefaultInternalMessageListener.onMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:364)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:252)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:175)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.MuleInvoker.invoke(MuleInvoker.java:107)
  at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:56)
  at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37)
  at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:92)
  at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:220)
  at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:78)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfServiceComponent.sendToDestination(CxfServiceComponent.java:284)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfServiceComponent.onCall(CxfServiceComponent.java:112)
  at org.mule.model.resolvers.CallableEntryPointResolver.invoke(CallableEntryPointResolver.java:52)
  at org.mule.model.resolvers.DefaultEntryPointResolverSet.invoke(DefaultEntryPointResolverSet.java:50)
  at org.mule.component.DefaultLifecycleAdapter.invoke(DefaultLifecycleAdapter.java:205)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractJavaComponent.invokeComponentInstance(AbstractJavaComponent.java:83)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractJavaComponent.doInvoke(AbstractJavaComponent.java:74)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractComponent.invokeInternal(AbstractComponent.java:133)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractComponent.invoke(AbstractComponent.java:161)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.invokeComponent(AbstractService.java:934)
  at org.mule.model.seda.SedaService.doSend(SedaService.java:243)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendEvent(AbstractService.java:507)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:354)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.send(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:220)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:180)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver$DefaultInternalMessageListener.onMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:364)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:252)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:193)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.doRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:284)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.processRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:229)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.run(HttpMessageReceiver.java:189)
  at org.mule.work.WorkerContext.run(WorkerContext.java:310)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1061)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:575)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  Caused by: java.io.IOException: Could not send message to Mule.
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit.dispatchMuleMessage(MuleUniversalConduit.java:223)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit$1.handleMessage(MuleUniversalConduit.java:161)
  ... 58 more
  Caused by: org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException: Failed to route event via endpoint: DefaultOutboundEndpoint{endpointUri=http://localhost:630
  81/services/Echo, connector=HttpConnector{this=7a17, started=true, initialised=true, name='connector.http.0', disposed=false, numberOfConcurrentT ransactedReceivers=4, createMultipleTransactedReceivers=true, connected=true, supportedProtocols=[http], serviceOverrides=null}, transformer=[Obj
  ectToHttpClientMethodRequest{this=1eb9fde, name='ObjectToHttpMethod', ignoreBadInput=false, returnClass=interface org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod, sourceTypes=[interface org.mule.api.MuleMessage, class [B, class java.lang.String, class java.io.InputStream, interface org.mule.api.transport.OutputHandler, class org.mule.transport.NullPayload]}]}], name='endpoint.http.localhost.63081.services.Echo', properties={}, transactionCo
  nfig=Transaction{factory=null, action=NEVER, timeout=0}, filter=null, deleteUnacceptedMessages=false, securityFilter=null, synchronous=false, ini
  tialState=started, responseTimeout=3000, endpointEncoding=UTF-8}. Message payload is of type: PostMethod
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.execute(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:127)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.doSend(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:250)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageDispatcher.send(AbstractMessageDispatcher.java:164)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractConnector.send(AbstractConnector.java:1911)
  at org.mule.endpoint.DefaultOutboundEndpoint.send(DefaultOutboundEndpoint.java:76)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit.sendStream(MuleUniversalConduit.java:287)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit.dispatchMuleMessage(MuleUniversalConduit.java:201)
  ... 59 more
  Caused by: org.apache.commons.httpclient.ProtocolException: Unbuffered entity enclosing request can not be repeated.
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.EntityEnclosingMethod.writeRequestBody(EntityEnclosingMethod.java:487)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.writeRequest(HttpMethodBase.java:2114)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.execute(HttpMethodBase.java:1096)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:398)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:346)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.execute(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:120)
  ... 65 more
  ERROR 2009-01-19 11:31:27,613 [connector.http.0.receiver.10] org.mule.DefaultExceptionStrategy: Caught exception in Exception Strategy: Software
  caused connection abort: socket write error
  java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: socket write error
  at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
  at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(Unknown Source)
  at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(Unknown Source)
  at java.io.DataOutputStream.write(Unknown Source)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.ChunkedOutputStream.flushCache(ChunkedOutputStream.java:99)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.ChunkedOutputStream.finish(ChunkedOutputStream.java:143)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpServerConnection.writeResponse(HttpServerConnection.java:297)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.run(HttpMessageReceiver.java:189)
  at org.mule.work.WorkerContext.run(WorkerContext.java:310)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1061)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:575)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  ERROR 2009-01-19 11:31:27,858 [connector.http.0.receiver.9] org.mule.DefaultExceptionStrategy:
  ********************************************************************************
  Message : Failed to route event via endpoint: DefaultOutboundEndpoint{endpointUri=http://localhost:63081/services/Echo, connector=H
  ttpConnector{this=7a17, started=true, initialised=true, name='connector.http.0', disposed=false, numberOfConcurrentTransactedReceivers=4, createM ultipleTransactedReceivers=true, connected=true, supportedProtocols=[http], serviceOverrides=null}, transformer=[ObjectToHttpClientMethodRequest{ this=1eb9fde, name='ObjectToHttpMethod', ignoreBadInput=false, returnClass=interface org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod, sourceTypes=[inter face org.mule.api.MuleMessage, class [B, class java.lang.String, class java.io.InputStream, interface org.mule.api.transport.OutputHandler, class org.mule.transport.NullPayload]}], name='endpoint.http.localhost.63081.services.Echo', properties={}, transactionConfig=Transaction{factory=null, action=NEVER, timeout=0}}, filter=null, deleteUnacceptedMessages=false, securityFilter=null, synchronous=false, initialState=started, responseTi
  meout=3000, endpointEncoding=UTF-8}. Message payload is of type: PostMethod
  Type : org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException
  Code : MULE_ERROR-42999
  Payload : org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod@1342f5b
  JavaDoc : http://www.mulesource.org/docs/site/current2/apidocs/org/mule/api/transport/DispatchException.html
  ********************************************************************************
  Exception stack is:
  1. Unbuffered entity enclosing request can not be repeated. (org.apache.commons.httpclient.ProtocolException)
  org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.EntityEnclosingMethod:487 (null)
  2. Failed to route event via endpoint: DefaultOutboundEndpoint
  Unknown macro: {endpointUri=http}
  , transformer=[ObjectToHttpClientMethodRequest{ this=1eb9fde, name='ObjectToHttpMethod', ignoreBadInput=false, returnClass=interface org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod, sourceTypes=[inter face org.mule.api.MuleMessage, class [B, class java.lang.String, class java.io.InputStream, interface org.mule.api.transport.OutputHandler, class org.mule.transport.NullPayload]}], name='endpoint.http.localhost.63081.services.Echo', properties={}, transactionConfig=Transaction{factory=null , action=NEVER, timeout=0}, filter=null, deleteUnacceptedMessages=false, securityFilter=null, synchronous=false, initialState=started, responseTi
  meout=3000, endpointEncoding=UTF-8}. Message payload is of type: PostMethod
  Type : org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException
  Code : MULE_ERROR-42999
  Payload : org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod@1342f5b
  JavaDoc : http://www.mulesource.org/docs/site/current2/apidocs/org/mule/api/transport/DispatchException.html
  ********************************************************************************
  Exception stack is:
  1. Unbuffered entity enclosing request can not be repeated. (org.apache.commons.httpclient.ProtocolException)
  org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.EntityEnclosingMethod:487 (null)
  2. Failed to route event via endpoint: DefaultOutboundEndpoint{endpointUri=http://localhost:63081/services/Echo, connector=HttpConnector{this=7a1 7, started=true, initialised=true, name='connector.http.0', disposed=false, numberOfConcurrentTransactedReceivers=4, createMultipleTransactedRece ivers=true, connected=true, supportedProtocols=[http], serviceOverrides=null}, transformer=[ObjectToHttpClientMethodRequest{this=1eb9fde, name='ObjectToHttpMethod', ignoreBadInput=false, returnClass=interface org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod, sourceTypes=[interface org.mule.api.MuleMessage, class [B, class java.lang.String, class java.io.InputStream, interface org.mule.api.transport.OutputHandler, class org.mule.transport.NullPayload]}d]}], name='endpoint.http.localhost.63081.services.Echo', properties={}, transactionConfig=Transaction{factory=null, action=NEVER, timeo ut=0}, filter=null, deleteUnacceptedMessages=false, securityFilter=null, synchronous=false, initialState=started, responseTimeout=3000, endpointE
  ncoding=UTF-8}. Message payload is of type: PostMethod (org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException)
  org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher:127 (http://www.mulesource.org/docs/site/current2/apidocs/org/mule/api/transport/DispatchEx
  ception.html)
  ********************************************************************************
  Root Exception stack trace:
  org.apache.commons.httpclient.ProtocolException: Unbuffered entity enclosing request can not be repeated.
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.EntityEnclosingMethod.writeRequestBody(EntityEnclosingMethod.java:487)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.writeRequest(HttpMethodBase.java:2114)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.execute(HttpMethodBase.java:1096)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:398)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:346)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.execute(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:120)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.doSend(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:250)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageDispatcher.send(AbstractMessageDispatcher.java:164)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractConnector.send(AbstractConnector.java:1911)
  at org.mule.endpoint.DefaultOutboundEndpoint.send(DefaultOutboundEndpoint.java:76)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit.sendStream(MuleUniversalConduit.java:287)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit.dispatchMuleMessage(MuleUniversalConduit.java:201)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit$1.handleMessage(MuleUniversalConduit.java:161)
  at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:220)
  at org.apache.cxf.endpoint.ClientImpl.invoke(ClientImpl.java:296)
  at org.apache.cxf.endpoint.ClientImpl.invoke(ClientImpl.java:242)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfMessageDispatcher.doSendWithClient(CxfMessageDispatcher.java:194)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfMessageDispatcher.doSend(CxfMessageDispatcher.java:128)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageDispatcher.send(AbstractMessageDispatcher.java:164)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractConnector.send(AbstractConnector.java:1911)
  at org.mule.endpoint.DefaultOutboundEndpoint.send(DefaultOutboundEndpoint.java:76)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:327)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:213)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter$2.doInTransaction(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:149)
  at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:99)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractOutboundRouter.send(AbstractOutboundRouter.java:156)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.FilteringOutboundRouter.route(FilteringOutboundRouter.java:79)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.OutboundPassThroughRouter.route(OutboundPassThroughRouter.java:69)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection$1.doInTransaction(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:64)
  at org.mule.transaction.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:45)
  at org.mule.routing.outbound.DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultOutboundRouterCollection.java:69)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendToOutboundRouter(AbstractService.java:904)
  at org.mule.model.seda.SedaService.doSend(SedaService.java:244)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendEvent(AbstractService.java:507)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:354)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.send(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:220)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:180)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver$DefaultInternalMessageListener.onMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:364)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:252)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:175)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.MuleInvoker.invoke(MuleInvoker.java:107)
  at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:56)
  at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37)
  at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:92)
  at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:220)
  at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:78)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfServiceComponent.sendToDestination(CxfServiceComponent.java:284)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.CxfServiceComponent.onCall(CxfServiceComponent.java:112)
  at org.mule.model.resolvers.CallableEntryPointResolver.invoke(CallableEntryPointResolver.java:52)
  at org.mule.model.resolvers.DefaultEntryPointResolverSet.invoke(DefaultEntryPointResolverSet.java:50)
  at org.mule.component.DefaultLifecycleAdapter.invoke(DefaultLifecycleAdapter.java:205)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractJavaComponent.invokeComponentInstance(AbstractJavaComponent.java:83)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractJavaComponent.doInvoke(AbstractJavaComponent.java:74)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractComponent.invokeInternal(AbstractComponent.java:133)
  at org.mule.component.AbstractComponent.invoke(AbstractComponent.java:161)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.invokeComponent(AbstractService.java:934)
  at org.mule.model.seda.SedaService.doSend(SedaService.java:243)
  at org.mule.service.AbstractService.sendEvent(AbstractService.java:507)
  at org.mule.DefaultMuleSession.sendEvent(DefaultMuleSession.java:354)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.send(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:220)
  at org.mule.routing.inbound.DefaultInboundRouterCollection.route(DefaultInboundRouterCollection.java:180)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver$DefaultInternalMessageListener.onMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:364)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:252)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageReceiver.routeMessage(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:193)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.doRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:284)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.processRequest(HttpMessageReceiver.java:229)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpMessageReceiver$HttpWorker.run(HttpMessageReceiver.java:189)
  at org.mule.work.WorkerContext.run(WorkerContext.java:310)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1061)
  at edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:575)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  
  ********************************************************************************
  
  ERROR 2009-01-19 11:31:28,322 [connector.http.0.receiver.9] org.mule.service.DefaultServiceExceptionStrategy:
  ********************************************************************************
  Message : Failed to route event via endpoint: DefaultOutboundEndpoint{endpointUri=http://localhost:63081/services/Echo, connector=H
  ttpConnector{this=7a17, started=true, initialised=true, name='connector.http.0', disposed=false, numberOfConcurrentTransactedReceivers=4, createM ultipleTransactedReceivers=true, connected=true, supportedProtocols=[http], serviceOverrides=null}, transformer=[ObjectToHttpClientMethodRequest{ this=1eb9fde, name='ObjectToHttpMethod', ignoreBadInput=false, returnClass=interface org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod, sourceTypes=[inter face org.mule.api.MuleMessage, class [B, class java.lang.String, class java.io.InputStream, interface org.mule.api.transport.OutputHandler, class org.mule.transport.NullPayload]}], name='endpoint.http.localhost.63081.services.Echo', properties={}, transactionConfig=Transaction{factory=null, action=NEVER, timeout=0}}, filter=null, deleteUnacceptedMessages=false, securityFilter=null, synchronous=false, initialState=started, responseTi
  meout=3000, endpointEncoding=UTF-8}. Message payload is of type: PostMethod
  Type : org.mule.api.transport.DispatchException
  Code : MULE_ERROR-42999
  Payload : org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod@1342f5b
  JavaDoc : http://www.mulesource.org/docs/site/current2/apidocs/org/mule/api/transport/DispatchException.html
  ********************************************************************************
  Exception stack is:
  1. Unbuffered entity enclosing request can not be repeated. (org.apache.commons.httpclient.ProtocolException)
  org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.EntityEnclosingMethod:487 (null)
  2. Failed to route event via endpoint: DefaultOutboundEndpoint
  Unknown macro: {endpointUri=http}
  , transformer=[Obj
  ectToHttpClientMethodRequest{this=1eb9fde, name='ObjectToHttpMethod', ignoreBadInput=false, returnClass=interface org.apache.commons.httpclient.H ttpMethod, sourceTypes=[interface org.mule.api.MuleMessage, class [B, class java.lang.String, class java.io.InputStream, interface org.mule.api.t ransport.OutputHandler, class org.mule.transport.NullPayload]}], name='endpoint.http.localhost.63081.services.Echo', properties={}, transactionCo
  nfig=Transaction{factory=null, action=NEVER, timeout=0}, filter=null, deleteUnacceptedMessages=false, securityFilter=null, synchronous=false, ini
  tialState=started, responseTimeout=3000, endpointEncoding=UTF-8}. Message payload is of type: PostMethod
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.execute(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:127)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.doSend(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:250)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageDispatcher.send(AbstractMessageDispatcher.java:164)
  at org.mule.transport.AbstractConnector.send(AbstractConnector.java:1911)
  at org.mule.endpoint.DefaultOutboundEndpoint.send(DefaultOutboundEndpoint.java:76)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit.sendStream(MuleUniversalConduit.java:287)
  at org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit.dispatchMuleMessage(MuleUniversalConduit.java:201)
  ... 59 more
  Caused by: org.apache.commons.httpclient.ProtocolException: Unbuffered entity enclosing request can not be repeated.
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.EntityEnclosingMethod.writeRequestBody(EntityEnclosingMethod.java:487)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.writeRequest(HttpMethodBase.java:2114)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.execute(HttpMethodBase.java:1096)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:398)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397)
  at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:346)
  at org.mule.transport.http.HttpClientMessageDispatcher.execute(HttpClientMessageDispatcher.java:120)
  ... 65 more

Configuration used:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mule xmlns="http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/core/2.2"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:spring="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:vm="http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/vm/2.2"
xmlns:cxf="http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/cxf/2.2"
xmlns:smtps="http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/smtps/2.2"
xmlns:cxf-core="http://cxf.apache.org/core"
xmlns:http="http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/http/2.2"
xmlns:jetty="http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/jetty/2.2"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/core/2.2 http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/core/2.2/mule.xsd
http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/vm/2.2 http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/vm/2.2/mule-vm.xsd
http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/cxf/2.2 http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/cxf/2.2/mule-cxf.xsd
http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/smtps/2.2 http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/smtps/2.2/mule-smtps.xsd
http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/http/2.2 http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/http/2.2/mule-http.xsd
http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/jetty/2.2 http://www.mulesource.org/schema/mule/jetty/2.2/mule-jetty.xsd
http://cxf.apache.org/core http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/core.xsd">

<!--<cxf:connector name="cxfConnector" configurationLocation="cxf.xml" initializeStaticBusInstance="false" /> -->
<!-<http:connector name="HttpConnector" keepAlive="true" sendTcpNoDelay="false" receiveBufferSize="0" sendBufferSize="0" />->

<model name="proxies">

<service name="echoProxy">
<inbound>
<cxf:inbound-endpoint address="http://localhost:63082/services/EchoProxy" proxy="true" />
</inbound>
<outbound>
<pass-through-router>
<cxf:outbound-endpoint address="http://localhost:63081/services/Echo" proxy="true" />
</pass-through-router>
</outbound>
</service>

<service name="echoService">
<inbound>
<cxf:inbound-endpoint
address="http://localhost:63081/services/Echo" frontend="simple"/>
</inbound>
<component class="org.mule.component.simple.EchoComponent" />
</service>

</model>
</mule>

OK, I'll reopen and try to see what this other issue is.

I did some more investigating and this turned out to be because synchronous was not set to true on any of the endpoints. So you need a config like this:
<http:connector name="HttpConnector" keepAlive="true" sendTcpNoDelay="false" receiveBufferSize="0" sendBufferSize="0" />
<jetty:connector name="jettyConnector"/>

<model name="proxies">

<service name="echoProxy">
<inbound>
<cxf:inbound-endpoint address="jetty://localhost:63082/services/EchoProxy" proxy="true" synchronous="true" protocolConnector="jettyConnector">

</cxf:inbound-endpoint>
</inbound>
<outbound>
<pass-through-router>
<cxf:outbound-endpoint address="http://localhost:63081/services/Echo" proxy="true" synchronous="true" protocolConnector="HttpConnector"/>
</pass-through-router>
</outbound>
</service>

<service name="echoService">
<inbound>
<cxf:inbound-endpoint
address="jetty://localhost:63081/services/Echo" frontend="simple" synchronous="true" protocolConnector="jettyConnector"/>
</inbound>
<component class="org.mule.component.simple.EchoComponent" />
</service>

</model>

Note that I'm using the Jetty transport here. It handles overloaded connections much better than the stock HTTP transport. If the regular HTTP transport runs out of threads it ends up closing the connection. Then on the client side you'll end up with something like this:

org.apache.commons.httpclient.ProtocolException: Unbuffered entity enclosing request can not be repeated.

I would recommend that you use the jetty connector as well.

I did however uncover one other bug when I did a more thorough load testing on it. The HttpClient connections were not being released, so after a few connections everything would grind to a halt. This is fixed here:

http://fisheye.codehaus.org/changelog/mule/?cs=13745

Dan - can you clarify which version the fix made it into - 2.2?

Reopening as I screwed up the merge...

Fixed in 2.1.4: http://fisheye.codehaus.org/changelog/mule/?cs=14443

Hi Dan,
I think this is still screwed in 2.2.1. I found this issue after posting on the dev-list.
My cxf client is running out of connections. I think the real bug is that the default value of closeInput should be true in
org.mule.transport.cxf.transport.MuleUniversalConduit

I dont know where my plain generated cxf client should use the closing interceptor

please verify whether and where this is fixed in the 2.2.x codeline

This issue has been fixed in the above versions.