Folks,

Does anyone know why ClientImpl.invoke() overrides the EndpointInfo
address with the Message.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS property?

This has the effect of making permanent any application-level overriding
of the BindingProvider.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY. By permanent, I mean
applying to all subsequent invocations on this proxy, not just the
current one.

This doesn't seem correct to me, as I'd expect it to be a one-shot
setting, i.e. applying only to a single invocation. Now the JAX-WS spec
doesn't make this explicit, but reading between the lines of say the
following FAQ entry[1] on jax-ws.dev.java.net suggests that's the
intention.

So does anyone a) know why ClientImpl.invoke() calls
EndpointInfo.setAddress() and/or b) object to me removing this?

When looking into this I noticed a couple of other bizzarro aspects of
the ENDPOINT_ADDRESS mechanism as currently implemented in CXF.

1. the JaxWsClientProxy ctor sets
BindingProvider.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY to the real EndpointInfo
address in the request context. But since the request context is cleared
between requests, this setting is only available (to logical handlers
etc.) for the *first* invocation on the proxy. Surely that's wrong, or?

2. any overriding of the BindingProvider.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY in a
JAX-WS LogicalHandler is ignored. This is because the
ContextPropertiesMapping..mapRequestfromJaxws2Cxf() is only called
upfront in the JaxWsClientProxy.invoke(), but not after the JAX-WS
handlers have been traversed. Surely that's wrong too, or?

I'm open to correction from anyone with more insight into the intent of
the JAX-WS expert group.

Cheers,
Eoghan


[1] https://jax-ws.dev.java.net/faq/index.html
"Q. How can I change the Web Service address dynamically for a request ?

((BindingProvider)proxy).getRequestContext().put(BindingProvider.ENDPOIN
T_ADDRESS_PROPERTY, "...");"   

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