ServletFilter/Proxy Per SOAP Request

[javafreak]

Is it possible to implement something similar to a javax.servlet.Filter for web services? A ServletFilter for servlets allows me to capture the HTTP request, introspect and add to the request, and then forward the request to the target servlet.

I need a similar capability for SOAP. Per each SOAP request, I need to capture the domain name used (i.e. abc.mywebsite.com) and then forward it to my web service API's.

[richard_opalka]

Hi,

you can use JAXWS handlers. There's a lot of tutorials on internet about it.

Richard

[javafreak]

I created a JAXWS handler (Thanks Richard for the advice) but now I can't seem to locate any JBOSSWS-specific documentation on how to configure JBoss to us my JAXWS handler. I've seen many examples for other application servers and I've tried them on JBoss without success.

[richard_opalka]

Hi,

you can do it in the following way:

@WebService
@EndpointConfig(configName = "My Custom Config", configFile = "META-INF/jaxws-client-config.xml")
public interface MyServiceIface{...}

where you use MyServiceIface in client code.

In the case you want to deploy your custom handlers to server side, then do also:

@WebService
@EndpointConfig(configName = "Custom Server Config", configFile = "WEB-INF/jaxws-endpoint-config.xml")
public class MyServiceImpl{...}

Remember, you must have META-INF/jaxws-client-config.xml on client classpath and
WEB-INF/jaxws-endpoint-config.xml on server classpath.

If you want to see some example, take a look to e.g. org.jboss.test.ws.jaxws.handlerlifecycle test in JBossWS distribution.

Richard

[heiko.braun]

http://jbws.dyndns.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=JAX-WS_User_Guide#Handler_Framework