How to set attribute in ws request using SOAPClient?

[sanjoa]

I'm using SOAPClient (not wise) to invoke a webservice, the request should be like this:

 <soapenv:Body>
 <ns:updateCustomer customerId="124343">
 <ns:name>
 <ns:firstName>FIRSTNAME</ns:firstName>
..

The problem is that the customerId isn't set correctly (at all), I'm adding the following key/value to the request map:
updateCustomer.customerId=124343
updateCustomer.name.firstName=FIRSTNAME

The actual (wrong) request is:

 <soapenv:Body>
 <ns:updateCustomer customerId="?">
 <ns:name>
 <ns:firstName>FIRSTNAME</ns:firstName>
..

Any ideas how to set a attribute?

[tfennelly]

It's probably to do with how you're constructing the request map. In your case, it looks like it should work by creating model something like:

public class UpdateCustomerRequest {
 private String customerId;
 private Name name;
}

public class Name {
 private String firstName;
 private String lastName;
}

Populate this and set it on your request map under the "updateCustomer" key.

[sanjoa]

Nope, same result with

 CustomerType myCustomer = new CustomerType();
 myCustomer.setCustomerId("123123");

request.put("updateCustomer", myCustomer);
As when using ognl

 request.put("updateCustomer.customerId", "123123");

Apparently soapclient can't handle attributes in request.
BTW. soapclient couldn't either handle attributes in response message (not ognl nor xstream), but that I'we implemented. I could post the patch to jira.

[kconner]

You are correct in that SoapUIClientService only appears to handle population of text elements and not the attributes.

Can you please create a JIRA for this, along with an appropriate test case, and we will address it. If you have a patch then it would also be appreciated.

Thanks for your help

Kev

[sanjoa]

SoapUIClientService does not populate request attributes: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBESB-2455

I'll see if I have the time to create a patch.

[kconner]

Great, thanks very much for that.

Kev

[sanjoa]

Added feature patch to JIRA issue

[kconner]

Wonderful, thanks very much.

I have scheduled the issue for the next project and platform releases, 4.6 and 4.4CP3.

Kev

[jehudi.castro]

I'm replicating this, constructing the request map like this: request.put("updateCustomer.customerId", "123123") works OK, but with request.put("updateCustomer", myCustomer) as suggested by Tom does not work, is this an issue?