Searchable Wiki Title: How can I access the HttpServletRequest and HttpServletReponse from within my endpoint?

By implementing the 'javax.xml.rpc.server.ServiceLifecycle' interface the endpoint will have a 'javax.xml.rpc.server.ServletEndpointContext' object passed into the init method before the business method of the endpoint is invoked.

The 'javax.xml.rpc.server.ServletEndpointContext' can be used to get the 'javax.xml.rpc.handler.MessageContext' which has a getProperty method that can be used to get certain properties.

The following properties are available by default with JBossWS: -

• javax.xml.ws.servlet.context for javax.servlet.ServletContext

• javax.xml.ws.servlet.request for javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest

• javax.xml.ws.servlet.response for javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse

• javax.xml.ws.servlet.session for javax.servlet.http.HttpSession

See the following endpoint example: -

package org.jboss.support.ws.phonebook;

import java.rmi.RemoteException;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.xml.rpc.ServiceException;
import javax.xml.rpc.handler.MessageContext;
import javax.xml.rpc.server.ServiceLifecycle;
import javax.xml.rpc.server.ServletEndpointContext;

public class PhoneBookImpl implements PhoneBook, ServiceLifecycle
{

   private ServletEndpointContext ctx;

   public void init(final Object ctx) throws ServiceException
   {
      if (ctx instanceof ServletEndpointContext)
      {
         this.ctx = (ServletEndpointContext) ctx;
      }
      else
      {
         throw new ServiceException("Object passed into init is not a 'ServletEndpointContext'");
      }
   }

   public void destroy()
   {

   }

   public TelephoneNumber lookup(Person person) throws RemoteException
   {
      MessageContext msgCtx = ctx.getMessageContext();
      HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) msgCtx.getProperty("javax.xml.ws.servlet.request");
      HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) msgCtx.getProperty("javax.xml.ws.servlet.response");

      System.out.println("Called from - " + request.getRemoteAddr());

      TelephoneNumber tn = new TelephoneNumber();
      tn.setAreaCode("01234");
      tn.setNumber("567890");

      return tn;
   }

}