how can you trace SOAP messages in JBoss?

[maverickdc]

Hi all,

i'm using JBoss 4.2.3, and i got this problem.

I have to trace Web Services request/response messages (SOAP messages), because i need to evaluate some WS performance metrics...as request time, service time, and so on...

I looked at the server.log file in the JBoss_home/server/default/log folder, but i didn't find any log message when the web service is running...what's wrong? Is it possible to add a new logging functionality to JBoss? And if so, how can i do?

I hope someone could help me

Thanks in advance!

DC

[peterj]

Uncomment this entry in the jboss-log4j.xml file:

<!-- Enable JBossWS message tracing
 <category name="org.jboss.ws.core.MessageTrace">
 <priority value="TRACE"/>
 </category>
 -->

[maverickdc]

"PeterJ" wrote:
Uncomment this entry in the jboss-log4j.xml file:

<!-- Enable JBossWS message tracing
 <category name="org.jboss.ws.core.MessageTrace">
 <priority value="TRACE"/>
 </category>
 -->

Hi Peter, thanks for your reply.

But it doesn't work...
Few days ago, while i was reading the "Jboss starting guide" (par.5.4 "Monitoring webservices requests") i found this entry to add to jboss-log4j.xml:

<category name="org.jboss.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet">
<priority value="DEBUG"/>
</category>

but i had the same result: no SOAP messages logged to the server.log file.
I don' know why...

Tnx for you help.
DC

[wolfgangknauf]

Hi,

did you check the threshold for the appender "FILE" in "jboss-log4j.xml"?

I think it is set to INFO, which would ignore TRACE or DEBUG output, no matter how your categories are configured.

Hope this helps

Wolfgang

[maverickdc]

Hi Wolfgang, thanks for your help.
unfortunately, it still doesn't work...

i tryed to set the threshold to TRACE level, and after to DEBUG, but i have no messages in the server.log file...

Dario

[peterj]

The Axis-related setting will not work because JBoss AS no longer uses Axis. What version of the Getting Started guide did you look at?

Uncommenting the lines I pointed out works for me.

[peterj]

I had to first rebuild my web service using 4.2.3, but here are the log entries:

console log (system info):

08:50:39,952 INFO [Server] Release ID: JBoss [Trinity] 4.2.3.GA (build: SVNTag=
JBoss_4_2_3_GA date=200807181417)
...
08:50:40,405 INFO [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.5.0_16,Sun Microsystems Inc.
08:50:40,405 INFO [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.5.0_16-b02
,Sun Microsystems Inc.
08:50:40,405 INFO [ServerInfo] OS-System: Windows XP 5.1,x86

server.log:

2009-02-20 08:52:35,974 TRACE [org.jboss.ws.core.MessageTrace] Incoming Request Message
<env:Envelope xmlns:env='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'>
 <env:Header/>
 <env:Body>
 <ns1:getRate xmlns:ns1='http://ws.jbia.org/'>
 <arg0>TX</arg0>
 </ns1:getRate>
 </env:Body>
</env:Envelope>
...

2009-02-20 08:52:35,974 TRACE [org.jboss.ws.core.MessageTrace] Outgoing Response Message
<env:Envelope xmlns:env='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'>
 <env:Header/>
 <env:Body>
 <ns2:getRateResponse xmlns:ns2='http://ws.jbia.org/'>
 <return>-1.0</return>
 </ns2:getRateResponse>
 </env:Body>
</env:Envelope>

[maverickdc]

Hi Peter,
the guide is
"Getting Started with JBoss 4.0 Release 4"


http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/getting_started/v4/html/[/url]

[peterj]

I know that 4.0.2 used Axis, and I think that 4.0.5 no longer uses Axis, but I don't know if 4.0.3 or 4.0.4 made the switch away from Axis.

Anyway, if you are using 4.2.3, you should really be reading the 4.2.x documentation.