That particular piece of code is in a block which enforces Basic Security Profile conformance. In the BSP spec, the EncodingType attribute *must* be present, there is no default to fall back to. If a third party client is not sending an EncodingType attribute, then you will have to disable BSP Compliance on the service to get it to work.
Colm. On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 1:51 AM, David R. Robison < david.robi...@openroadsconsulting.com> wrote: > From the WS-Security spec it appears that the encodingType for the > nonce is optional and, if missing, defaults to Base64 encoding. This > patch assumes this default if the encodingType is missing. > David > > Index: > src/main/java/org/apache/ws/security/message/token/UsernameToken.java > =================================================================== > --- > src/main/java/org/apache/ws/security/message/token/UsernameToken.java > (revision 1629762) > +++ > src/main/java/org/apache/ws/security/message/token/UsernameToken.java > (working copy) > @@ -1163,8 +1163,8 @@ > Element nonce = nonceElements.get(0); > String encodingType = nonce.getAttributeNS(null, > "EncodingType"); > // Encoding Type must be equal to Base64Binary > - if (encodingType == null || "".equals(encodingType) > - || !BinarySecurity.BASE64_ENCODING.equals(encodingType)) { > + if (encodingType == null || "".equals(encodingType)) > encodingType = BinarySecurity.BASE64_ENCODING; > + if(!BinarySecurity.BASE64_ENCODING.equals(encodingType)) { > if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) { > LOG.debug("The Username Token's nonce element has > a bad encoding type"); > } > > > > -- > > David R Robison > Open Roads Consulting, Inc. > 103 Watson Road, Chesapeake, VA 23320 > phone: +1 757-546-3401 > e-mail: david.robi...@openroadsconsulting.com > web: http://www.openroadsconsulting.com > blog: http://therobe.blogspot.com > book: > http://www.xulonpress.com/bookstore/bookdetail.php?PB_ISBN=9781597816526 > > > > This email communication (including any attachments) may contain > confidential and/or privileged material intended solely for the individual > or entity to which it is addressed. > If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this email > immediately. > > -- Colm O hEigeartaigh Talend Community Coder http://coders.talend.com