Capturing Raw xml request/response with JAX-RPC

[zombiewoof]

I've set up an axis web service client by extending the Spring JaxRpcPortProxyFactoryBean. The web service calls work fine but I want to (for auditing) also capture the raw XML request/response for each call. It seems to me the only way to do this is to override the method:

JaxRpcPortClientInterceptor.performJaxRpcCall(Meth odInvocation invocation, Service service), see below:

public class JaxRpcPortClientInterceptor extends LocalJaxRpcServiceFactory
		implements MethodInterceptor, InitializingBean {
		
   //From 
   protected Object performJaxRpcCall(MethodInvocation invocation, Service service) throws Throwable {
		
	.......
			
	// Perform actual invocation.
	try {
		return call.invoke(invocation.getArguments());
	}
			
	.....
    }
            
            
   //To            
   protected Object performJaxRpcCall(MethodInvocation invocation, Service service) throws Throwable {
		
	.......
			
	// Perform actual invocation.
	try {
	           
	            MyReturnType result;
	            Object o = call.invoke(invocation.getArguments());
	            result = (MyReturnType) o;
	
	            String xmlRequest = ((org.apache.axis.client.Call)call)
	                                    .getMessageContext()
	                                    .getRequestMessage()
	                                    .getSOAPPart()
	                                    .getEnvelope()
	                                    .getBody()
	                                    .toString();
	
	            String xmlResponse = ((org.apache.axis.client.Call)call)
	                                    .getMessageContext()
	                                    .getResponseMessage()
	                                    .getSOAPPart()
	                                    .getEnvelope()
	                                    .getBody()
	                                    .toString();
	
	            result.setXmlRequest(xmlRequest);
	            result.setXmlResponse(xmlResponse);
	
	            return result;
			
	    .....
	}

I'm going to have to copy a chunk of code to do this though and it doesn't feel right. Is there a more sensible extension point/hook/intercepter that I can use to use to capture the request/response ?

Thanks

[zombiewoof]

I've seen from the spring docs section:
17.5.4. Registering our own Handler

That I can register a handler to grab the xml request and response. It's quite detached from the returned result but I guess its the direction to look in.

[Lyserg]

Hello,

if you want to see the XML Conent that is send an recevied with JAX-RPC i recommedn using a handler.

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/ap...icHandler.html

There you can override the methods handleRequest,handleResponse,handleFault.

You have to cast the MessageContet into a SOAPMesageContext, from there you can get the SOAPMessage.

After that you can write the SOAPMessage through writeTo into an OutputStream of your choice.

The Handler must be registered like here

List list = service.getHandlerRegistry().getHandlerChain(port);
        list.add(new HandlerInfo(CustomHandler.class, null, null));

You can process the Service by extending JaxRpx...Bean, and override postProcessJaxRpcService.

Regards
lyserg