[Axis2] 1.8.0 not encoding CDATA xml string inputs

[Tom B. Lake [42-Q]]

Hi Axis2 team,

We are upgrading from Axis2 1.6.2 to 1.8.0 war. In 1.8.0 testing, if a web
service operation has a string input wrapped in a CDATA tag (because its
xml), the string isn't being xml encoded for < and > characters. We log the
soap message at the start of MessageReceiverInOut. With axis2 1.6.2 the
input string is encoded at that point but with 1.8.0 it's still wrapped in
a CDATA tag. The web service op ends up with an empty string for the input
because it's still wrapped in a CDATA tag? Is there a config to have CDATA
tags converted in 1.8.0?

1.8.0 log:
2022-04-20T12:59:10,283 INFO http-nio-8081-exec-5
org.apache.axis2.receivers.AbstractMessageReceiver - Request:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";
xmlns:urn="urn:intranet:MDS:hcommsf">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <urn:WebServiceAck>
         <urn:inbound_message><![CDATA[
<ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS>
  <ROUTING_URL>http://localhost:8081/axis2/services/hcommsfService?wsdl
</ROUTING_URL>
  <MESSAGE_ID>AF880DCF68605199E050D8CCC4203C18</MESSAGE_ID>
  <TRANSACTION_ID>1938378</TRANSACTION_ID>
  <ACK_TYPE>WIPMOVE ACK</ACK_TYPE>
  <ORG_ID>TEST1</ORG_ID>
  <PROJECT_CODE>ABCD|TEST1</PROJECT_CODE>
<ACKNOWLEDGEMENT>
    <ORIGINAL_TRANSACTION_ID>1113</ORIGINAL_TRANSACTION_ID>
    <DATA>TEST-LM022</DATA>
    <STATUS_CODE>4</STATUS_CODE>
    <STATUS_DESCRIPTION>PROCESSED OKAY</STATUS_DESCRIPTION>
  </ACKNOWLEDGEMENT>
</ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS>
]]>
</urn:inbound_message>
      </urn:WebServiceAck>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

1.6.2 log:
2022-04-20 13:01:29,138 INFO  [AbstractMessageReceiver] (41) - Request:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";
xmlns:urn="urn:intranet:MDS:hcommsf"><soapenv:Body>
      <urn:WebServiceAck>
         <urn:inbound_message>
&lt;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS>
  &lt;ROUTING_URL>
http://localhost:8081/axis2/services/hcommsfService?wsdl&lt;/ROUTING_URL>
  &lt;MESSAGE_ID>AF880DCF68605199E050D8CCC4203C18&lt;/MESSAGE_ID>
  &lt;TRANSACTION_ID>1938378&lt;/TRANSACTION_ID>
  &lt;ACK_TYPE>WIPMOVE ACK&lt;/ACK_TYPE>
  &lt;ORG_ID>TEST1&lt;/ORG_ID>
  &lt;PROJECT_CODE>ABCD|TEST1&lt;/PROJECT_CODE>
&lt;ACKNOWLEDGEMENT>
    &lt;ORIGINAL_TRANSACTION_ID>1113&lt;/ORIGINAL_TRANSACTION_ID>
    &lt;DATA>TEST-LM022&lt;/DATA>
    &lt;STATUS_CODE>4&lt;/STATUS_CODE>
    &lt;STATUS_DESCRIPTION>PROCESSED OKAY&lt;/STATUS_DESCRIPTION>
  &lt;/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT>
&lt;/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS>
</urn:inbound_message>
      </urn:WebServiceAck>
   </soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>

Regards

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