Seidhi, I am no expert, but reading the code for AXIS beta 1 I do not see a simpler way than:
1) Get the message context (call this inside your code, and it ought be set to the current call.) MessageContext axisContext = MessageContext.getCurrentContext(); Note: I suspect this will return null if you are unit testing outside of AXIS, so check then. 2) Get the servlet request object, using key : HTTPConstants.MC_HTTP_SERVLETREQUEST and extract the server name using something on that class, e.g. http://java.sun.com/j2ee/sdk_1.3/techdocs/api/javax/servlet/ServletRequest.h tml#getServerName() BTW: Not what you are asking for directly, but what I do is I get the remote IP address [so I can add it to my log4j context] so all errors/logs within that AXIS operation are logged with an IP address as context. Some properties are placed directly into the message context, mine is, I do not see the one that you want. MessageContext axisContext = MessageContext.getCurrentContext(); if ( null != axisContext ) { // // Stash the IP address... // WSLogger.log.debug("AXIS Context (" + axisContext + ")"); String ip = axisContext.getProperty(Constants.MC_REMOTE_ADDR).toString(); if ( null != ip ) WSLogger.log.pushContext("[Client: " + ip + "]"); } regards Adam -----Original Message----- From: Seidhi H [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:21 PM To: auser Subject: HOW-to get Host IP from within SOAP Hi, Greetings.... Is there a method to query and find the IP address of the HOST that is currently used by the server from SOAP/Axis. I have a peculiar situation in which the WIN2K box that runs Tomcat 4.0.1 [Catalina] has more than one NIC. When i use the InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress() from my a handler that is called by the SOAP router, i get the IP address that is other than the one on which Tomcat is currently serving. But Tomcat seems to start fine and is listening and serving clients if accessed using the correct IP..... So how does AXIS retrieve this information for it to work correctly.... Is there an extensive validation before one can find the IP that can be used for a web service/server??? TIA for your help, S. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/