SOAP namespace issue on web service with Apache CXF

Question

I am using Apache CXF 3.0.2 to expose a service that is hitting an issue with namespaces during unmarshalling. When all namespace declarations are done at the soapenvelope level they seem to be getting stripped off or lost when I am going to unmarshall the message. For example the following would show as invalid xml:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" 
xmlns:v1="http://foo.com/v1"
xmlns:v2="http://bar.com/v2"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <soapenv:Body >
        <v1:foo>
            <v2:bar>
        </v1:foo>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

But if I move the declaration down the to the soapbody or below the xml validates fine:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"     
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <soapenv:Body xmlns:v2="http://bar.com/v2" xmlns:v1="http://foo.com/v1">
        <v1:foo>
            <v2:bar>
        </v1:foo>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

I have been trying to write an interceptor to manipulate the incoming request and move/copy the name space declarations that I care about from the header to the Body tag but don't seem to be able to manipulate the incoming message in this manner. Does any one have any suggestions?

Answer 1

Look into extending AbstractSoapInterceptor since you are using Apache CFX . Overriding handleMessage() gives you access to your SOAPMessage and you can manipulate it.

Apache CFX Interceptors