How to add child element in soap header in java

Question

How to add child element in soap header in java spring webservice.

I have tried two approach but nothing is working please suggest me what need to be done?

first approach :-

soapHeaderString.append("<tem:Culture>en_Us</tem:Culture><tem:AgentCode>PumpkinSafari</tem:AgentCode><tem:PartnerID></tem:PartnerID><tem:Password>PMP22#in</tem:Password>");

TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
// Here we create a Source Tree
StringSource stringSource = new StringSource(soapHeaderString.toString());
transformer.transform(stringSource, soapHeader.getResult());

but it is giving me error

The prefix "tem" for element "tem:Culture" is not bound.

2nd Approach :-

SoapHeaderElement headerElement=soapMessage.getSoapHeader().addHeaderElement(new QName("http://tempuri.org/", "SOAPHeaderAuth","tem"));
headerElement.setText(soapHeaderString.toString());

It produce unescaped sequqnce so service provider give error as it was not able to understand the request.

Please help me what need to be done to solve the problem.

Answer 1

Yes, in my case too it prompts the same error, The prefix "username" for element "wsse:username" is not bound. I tried doing everything to add namespace declaration. But, it doesn't worked!

"Finally", I was able to do it last night with a workaround, converting some way from Spring org.springframework.ws.soap.SoapHeader to javax.xml.soap.SOAPHeader . And no issues now!

SOAPMessage soapMessage = ((SaajSoapMessage) message).getSaajMessage();
SOAPHeader header = soapMessage.getSOAPHeader();
SOAPHeaderElement security = header.addHeaderElement(new QName(SCHEMA, "Security", SCHEMA_PREFIX));
SOAPElement usernameToken = security.addChildElement("UsernameToken", SCHEMA_PREFIX);
SOAPElement usernameElement = usernameToken.addChildElement("Username", SCHEMA_PREFIX);
SOAPElement passwordElement = usernameToken.addChildElement("Password", SCHEMA_PREFIX);

usernameElement.setTextContent(username);
passwordElement.setTextContent(password);

Through this I was able to add namespace declarations to spring soap header child elements!

Answer 2

JAX-WS Users

I would recommend using a message handler:

http://www.javadb.com/using-a-message-handler-to-alter-the-soap-header-in-a-web-service-client

Spring Web Services Users

A similar concept exists:

http://arcanetechnotes.blogspot.com/2008/12/modifying-soap-headers-with-spring-web.html

The question states that it cannot understand the tem namespace, so perhaps register the namespace in the header:

soapHeader.addNamespaceDeclaration("tem", "http://whatever.namespace.com/");

Answer 3

Use "header=true" property in webparam Like

@WebMethod(operationName = "someMethod")
    public String someMethod(@WebParam(name = "yourBeanObj") YourBeanObjClass yourBeanObj,
            @WebParam(header = true, mode = WebParam.Mode.IN, name = "username") String userName,
            @WebParam(header = true, mode = WebParam.Mode.IN, name = "password") String pwd) {
//todo stuff
}

As per above example "yourBeanObj" wil be added into soap body, "username" and "password" are add in soap header.