I am trying to use the axis classes to construct a SOAP message to build a web services client for a 3rd party app. I need to construct a message like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> <soap:Header> <CMSAuthentication xmlns="http://www.centra.com/CWS";> <username>admin</username> <password>admin</password> <Domain/> </CMSAuthentication> </soap:Header> <soap:Body> <FindUser xmlns="http://www.centra.com/CWS";> <user version="3.0" loginName="test"/> </FindUser> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> Here is my code: SOAPEnvelope env = new SOAPEnvelope(); SOAPHeaderElement header = new SOAPHeaderElement(new QName("http://www.centra.com/CWS";, "CMSAuthentication","")); DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder(); Document doc = builder.newDocument(); Element username = doc.createElement("username"); username.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("admin")); header.addChildElement(new SOAPHeaderElement(username)); doc = builder.newDocument(); Element password = doc.createElement("password"); password.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("admin")); header.addChildElement(new SOAPHeaderElement(password)); doc = builder.newDocument(); Element domain = doc.createElement("Domain"); header.addChildElement(new SOAPHeaderElement(domain)); env.addHeader(header); SOAPBodyElement body = new SOAPBodyElement( new QName("http://www.centra.com/CWS","FindUser","";)); doc = builder.newDocument(); Element user = doc.createElement("user"); user.setAttribute("version","3.0"); user.setAttribute("loginName","test"); body.addChildElement(new SOAPBodyElement(user)); env.addBodyElement(body); This unfortunately produces: <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";> <soapenv:Header> <ns1:CMSAuthentication soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next"; soapenv:mustUnderstand="0" xmlns:ns1="http://www.centra.com/CWS";> <username soapenv:actor="" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0">admin</username> <password soapenv:actor="" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0">admin</password> <Domain soapenv:actor="" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0"/> </ns1:CMSAuthentication> </soapenv:Header> <soapenv:Body> <ns2:FindUser xmlns:ns2="http://www.centra.com/CWS";> <user loginName="test" version="3.0"/> </ns2:FindUser> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope> This doesn't work with the 3rd party app. The two reasons are: 1. The prefix is "soapenv", but the 3rd party app expects it to be "soap". 2. For each element in the header and body there is a prefix, they are "ns1" and "ns2". The 3rd party app expects there to be no prefix. I'm sure the Axis-produces SOAP message is compliant and validate, unfortunately the 3rd party app doesn't like it and I need to find a way to work around it. For #2, I would think passing in a QName with the prefix defined as "" should result in no prefix for those elements. Is there a way I can make this happen? Also, is there any way, other than hacking SOAPConstants, to get it to user "soap" instead of "soapenv"? If I can get Axis to output a SOAP message like this following one, then it works fine with the 3rd party app: <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";> <soap:Header> <CMSAuthentication soap:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next"; soap:mustUnderstand="0" xmlns="http://www.centra.com/CWS";> <username soap:actor="" soap:mustUnderstand="0">admin</username> <password soap:actor="" soap:mustUnderstand="0">admin</password> <Domain soap:actor="" soap:mustUnderstand="0"/> </CMSAuthentication> </soap:Header> <soap:Body> <FindUser xmlns="http://www.centra.com/CWS";> <user loginName="test" version="3.0"/> </FindUser> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> Thanks in advance, Paul
