unable to configure a validation event handler in a Marshaller

[Vincent Boulaye]

Hello,

I have a problem setting a custom validation event handler in cxf for a
Marshaller.
I can only setup the custom handler when reading a XML, not writing it.
(I need to have some logging when the marshalling does not behave as
expected, for example when marshalling a datetime that has undefined time,
jaxb output nothing, but I cannot see anything in the logs)

I tried this with various cxf versions (2.4.4 and 2.5.0).

I setup the handler in the spring configuration file:

    <jaxws:endpoint id="myEndpoint"
        implementor="#beanService" address="/service" >
        <jaxws:properties>
            <entry key="jaxb-validation-event-handler"
value-ref="loggingValidationEventHandler" />
        </jaxws:properties>
    </jaxws:endpoint>

    <bean id="loggingValidationEventHandler"
class="test.LoggingValidationEventHandler" />

>From what I can see debugging, there is a difference in the way the
Marshaller is set in DataReaderImpl and DataWriterImpl:

In the DataReaderImpl, in the setProperty method, I see code that reads the
properties:
            veventHandler =
(ValidationEventHandler)m.getContextualProperty("jaxb-validation-event-handler");
            if (veventHandler == null) {
                veventHandler = databinding.getValidationEventHandler();
            }
            setEventHandler = MessageUtils.getContextualBoolean(m,
"set-jaxb-validation-event-handler", true);

and in createUnmarshaller there is something to set the custom handler:
  if (setEventHandler) {
     um.setEventHandler(new WSUIDValidationHandler(veventHandler));
  }


But in DataWriterImpl the properties are not read, and in createMarshaller
I only see:
            if (databinding.getValidationEventHandler() != null) {

marshaller.setEventHandler(databinding.getValidationEventHandler());
            }

I could not find a way to set the validation event handler in databinding.

How can I set the custom ValidationHandler in the Marshaller ?

Thanks & Regards,
Vincent