How to print SOAP message contents when using Apache Axis

Question

I am using Apache Axis for web service automation.

I am preparing SOAP requests via Axis and hitting the web service further. What I am looking for is how to print the SOAP request content which is getting compiled and hitting the webservice.

I found that log4j can help but I am struggling how to use it.

Custom

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Answer 1

You probably don't need this answer anymore, but stays here for anyone else that ends right up here with the same problem.

The easiest way to retrieve both the request and the response is to get them from the call you are making. In the axis generated stub, after invoking a call do this:

String requestXML = _call.getMessageContext().getRequestMessage().getSOAPPartAsString();
String responseXML = _call.getMessageContext().getResponseMessage().getSOAPPartAsString();

Hope it helps. It helped me when I needed to print the request too.

Orchidectomy

_call is an object of what type? – Tonl

It's the type org.apache.axis.client.Call. – Orchidectomy

How do I access to that call? – Unmarked

As mentioned in the answer given by Brian, if your call is failing in invoke itself, wrap that in a try catch block and get the message. – Geologize

@Tonl the object _call is located most of the time inside BindingStub.java file if you generates the Objects with Apache Axis. – Altorilievo

Answer 2

I was having trouble figuring this out as well. The problem for me was my _call.invoke() was failing. I was able to surround this in a try-catch clause and still get the request message for debugging:

Example:

try{
    _call.invoke();
catch(Exception e){
    _call.getMessageContext().getRequestMessage().getSOAPPartAsString();
}

Cinereous

This is simple, yet a very important addition to the accepted answer. – Geologize

Answer 3

Use an axis2handler and try to log the messages.

  msgcontext.getEnvelope().getBody()

Torticollis

That is the axis2 configuration file. – Torticollis