Throws exception in WS (back to remote client) without gener

[mjhammel]

I've got a Web Service running with a remote client. I've added my own exception class that I throw back to the remote client as needed. The client gets the exception okay. However, the thrown exception shows up on the server console as

15:27:24,433 ERROR [SOAPFaultHelperJAXWS] SOAP request exception
com.cei.crunch.server.exception.WebServiceException: Testing remote exception passing.

Is there a way to prevent this from happening on the server side? The thrown exception might just be a response like "item not found" when looking something up on the db, so it's not something that should show up in the server console long.

[mjhammel]

This is still a problem for me, and I'm hoping someone has a pointer as to how I can get rid of the server side stack trace's when I generate an application exception in my web service.

Here is the Web Service:

package com.cei.crunch.server.ws.KernelServices;

import javax.ejb.*;
import javax.persistence.*;
import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import javax.jws.soap.SOAPBinding;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import com.cei.crunch.ejb.*;
import com.cei.crunch.exception.*;

/* Make this an EJB3 service endpoint. */
@Stateless

/* Make this an Web Services endpoint. */
@WebService(
 name = "KernelWS",
 endpointInterface = "com.cei.crunch.server.ws.KernelServices.KernelServicesEndpoint"
 )
@SOAPBinding(style = SOAPBinding.Style.RPC)

/**
 * The .Crunch interface to Kernel Services
 */
public class KernelServices implements KernelServicesEndpoint {

 private static final Logger logPolicy = Logger.getLogger("com.cei.crunch.kernel.policy");

 @WebMethod
 public Policymgmt findPolicyMgmt(String guid) throws CrunchWSException
 {
 PolicymgmtBean pb = null;
 Policymgmt pm = null;

 pb = new PolicymgmtBean();
 if ( pb == null )
 logPolicy.info("Failed to get PolicymgmtBean.");
 else
 {
 String msg = null;
 try {
 pm = pb.findPolicyMgmt(guid);
 }
 catch (CrunchEJBException e) {
 throw new CrunchWSException(e.getMessage());
 }

 if ( pm != null )
 {
 logPolicy.info("Policymgmt info: \n" +
 "PolicyName: " + pm.getPolicyName() + "\n" +
 "Value : " + pm.getPolicyValue() + "\n"
 );
 }
 }
 return pm;
 }
}

Here is the client that calls it:

package wsKernel;

import java.net.URL;
import javax.xml.ws.*;
import javax.jws.*;

/* Web Services interfaces */
import com.cei.crunch.server.ws.kernelservices.*;

public class wsKernel {

 private static URL targetURL = null;
 private String subscriberID = null;
 private String pw = null;
 private String host = null;
 private String keystore = null;
 private String storepw = null;
 private String crunchServer = null;
 KernelServicesEndpoint ss = null;

 private Policymgmt pm = null;
 private String guid = null;

 private boolean serviceBind()
 {
 try {

 KernelServicesService service = new KernelServicesService();
 ss = service.getKernelWSPort();

 /* Set NEW Endpoint Location */
 BindingProvider bp = (BindingProvider)ss;
 bp.getRequestContext().put(BindingProvider.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY, crunchServer);

 /* Setup to authenticate with the server. */
 bp.getRequestContext().put(BindingProvider.USERNAME_PROPERTY, subscriberID);
 bp.getRequestContext().put(BindingProvider.PASSWORD_PROPERTY, pw);

 return true;
 }
 catch (Exception e) {
 System.out.println("Failed to login to server.");
 e.printStackTrace();
 System.exit(1);
 }
 return false;
 }
 public void run(String[] args) {

 /* Save the subscriber login information. */
 if ( args.length != 5 )
 {
 System.out.println("Missing command line args (userid, password, server, keystore).");
 System.exit(1);
 }
 this.subscriberID = args[0];
 this.pw = args[1];
 this.host = args[2];
 this.keystore = args[3];
 this.storepw = args[4];

 /* Set the Stegi servers. */
 crunchServer = "https://" + this.host + ":8443/Crunch/KernelServices";
 System.out.println("Trying to connect to " + crunchServer + " as User: " + subscriberID + ", password: " + pw);

 /* Configure the keystore for access via HTTPS */
 System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", keystore);
 System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", storepw);
 System.out.println("Trustore: " + keystore);
 System.out.println("TrustorePassword: " + storepw);

 /* Get the WSDL interfaces to the server. */
 if ( serviceBind() == false )
 {
 System.out.println("Login failed.");
 System.exit(1);
 }

 /* Retrieve subscriber profile information. */
 System.out.println("Search for Policy guid: CRUNCH-POLICY-1");
 searchGuid("CRUNCH-POLICY-1");

 System.out.println("Search for non-existent Policy guid: BLAH");
 searchGuid("BLAH");
 }

 public boolean searchGuid(String guid)
 {
 pm = null;
 try {
 pm = ss.findPolicyMgmt(guid);
 }
 catch (Exception e) {
 System.out.println("Failed findPolicyMgmt(): " + e.getMessage());
 e.printStackTrace();
 return false;
 }
 if ( pm == null )
 {
 System.out.println("findPolicyMgmt() failed.");
 return false;
 }
 System.out.println("Policy name : " + pm.getPolicyName());
 return true;
 }

 /*
 * main() has to be static, but that gets in the way of doing
 * anything useful. So we create a new instance and call
 * the run method to get things going.
 */
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 new wsKernel().run(args);
 }

}

Here is the output on the client side when the client is run:

client.test.kernel:
 [java] Trying to connect to https://localhost:8443/Crunch/KernelServices as User: admin, password: admin
 [java] Trustore: /home/mjhammel/src/cei/crunch/src/config/jboss/crunch.truststore
 [java] TrustorePassword: .crunch
 [java] Search for Policy guid: CRUNCH-POLICY-1
 [java] Policy name : COMP-ENABLED
 [java] Search for non-existent Policy guid: BLAH
 [java] Failed findPolicyMgmt(): PolicymgmtBean: no matching entry for guid = BLAH
 [java] com.cei.crunch.server.ws.kernelservices.CrunchWSException_Exception: PolicymgmtBean: no matching entry for guid = BLAH
 [java] at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
 [java] at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
 [java] at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
 [java] at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:494)
 [java] at org.jboss.ws.metadata.umdm.FaultMetaData.toServiceException(FaultMetaData.java:384)
 [java] at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.SOAPFaultHelperJAXWS.getSOAPFaultException(SOAPFaultHelperJAXWS.java:128)
 [java] at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.binding.SOAP11BindingJAXWS.throwFaultException(SOAP11BindingJAXWS.java:109)
 [java] at org.jboss.ws.core.CommonSOAPBinding.unbindResponseMessage(CommonSOAPBinding.java:553)
 [java] at org.jboss.ws.core.CommonClient.invoke(CommonClient.java:371)
 [java] at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.client.ClientImpl.invoke(ClientImpl.java:243)
 [java] at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.client.ClientProxy.invoke(ClientProxy.java:164)
 [java] at org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.client.ClientProxy.invoke(ClientProxy.java:150)
 [java] at $Proxy17.findPolicyMgmt(Unknown Source)
 [java] at wsKernel.wsKernel.searchGuid(wsKernel.java:92)
 [java] at wsKernel.wsKernel.run(wsKernel.java:85)
 [java] at wsKernel.wsKernel.main(wsKernel.java:114)

And here is the output on the server console from the same test run of the client:

17:05:33,452 [CRUNCH] INFO (kernel.policy): Policymgmt info:
PolicyName: COMP-ENABLED
Value : 1

17:05:33,452 INFO [policy] Policymgmt info:
PolicyName: COMP-ENABLED
Value : 1

17:05:33,684 ERROR [SOAPFaultHelperJAXWS] SOAP request exception
com.cei.crunch.exception.CrunchWSException: PolicymgmtBean: no matching entry for guid = BLAH
 at com.cei.crunch.server.ws.KernelServices.KernelServices.findPolicyMgmt(KernelServices.java:48)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
 at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss42.DefaultInvocationHandler.invoke(DefaultInvocationHandler.java:102)
 at org.jboss.ws.core.server.ServiceEndpointInvoker.invoke(ServiceEndpointInvoker.java:220)
 at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.RequestHandlerImpl.processRequest(RequestHandlerImpl.java:408)
 at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.RequestHandlerImpl.handleRequest(RequestHandlerImpl.java:272)
 at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.RequestHandlerImpl.doPost(RequestHandlerImpl.java:189)
 at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.RequestHandlerImpl.handleHttpRequest(RequestHandlerImpl.java:122)
 at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.EndpointServlet.service(EndpointServlet.java:84)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:179)
 at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:432)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:262)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:446)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

The client side output is correct as far as I'm concerned - I told it to print the stack trace and the exception message is correct. But the SOAP stack trace on the server side shouldn't be printed since this is a simple application error. Obviously I've got some problem with how I hand off my exception to SOAP. I must not be telling it something it needs to know. But what?

[asoldano]

But the SOAP stack trace on the server side shouldn't be printed since this is a simple application error.

The stack currently logs every exception before converting it into a soap fault message. We could argue about this choice, however I don't think it's a major issues, just fine tune your log4j conf if you don't want errors emitted by SOAPFaultHelperJAXWS to go to your logs.

Obviously I've got some problem with how I hand off my exception to SOAP. I must not be telling it something it needs to know. But what?

This is not related to the above issue about the logs; what problem are you having? please give use further details so that we can help you.

[mjhammel]

A follow up, just in case anyone else needs the info.

I ignored this problem for quite some time and finally decided to return to it today. I finally figured out how to tweak log4j to hide those soap fault messages that come from my application throwing an exception. In the jboss-log4j.xml file (in my case, under server/default/conf), I added these lines at the bottom of the file:

 <category name="org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.SOAPFaultHelperJAXWS">
 <priority value="FATAL"/>
 </category>

I just had to dig around to find the right category name for these messages. It just took awhile before I could find it.

Hope that helps anyone with a similar concern.

[rsobchak]

By setting the priority to FATAL then no exceptions thrown from the web service will be logged to the console or server.log file. I still want system exceptions logged to the console and server.log but only want to restrict application exceptions to the server.log (application exceptions not logged to the console). How do I accomplish this?

[chetanpadhye]

What can be the reason for following exception any idea ?

Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

javax.xml.ws.soap.SOAPFaultException
org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.SOAPFaultHelperJAXWS.getSOAPFaultException(SOAPFaultHelperJAXWS.java:72)
org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.binding.SOAP11BindingJAXWS.throwFaultException(SOAP11BindingJAXWS.java:109)
org.jboss.ws.core.CommonSOAPBinding.unbindResponseMessage(CommonSOAPBinding.java:579)
org.jboss.ws.core.CommonClient.invoke(CommonClient.java:380)
org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.client.ClientImpl.invoke(ClientImpl.java:302)
org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.client.ClientProxy.invoke(ClientProxy.java:172)
org.jboss.ws.core.jaxws.client.ClientProxy.invoke(ClientProxy.java:152)
$Proxy111.addManager(Unknown Source)
v.doGet(v.java:35)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:690)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the JBossWeb/2.0.1.GA logs.