Identify a SOAP message as request or response

Question

I have a middleware which can accept the SOAP request and well as can make SOAP request.

I have written the custom interceptors to intercept the inbound and outbound request to log them in database.

The issue is that when a SOAP request is made the incoming request is intercepted by InBound interceptor and when my module makes the SOAP request it is intercepted by Outbound interceptor which is correct.

But I would like to Identify the incoming SOAP message as weather it is SOAP request or SOAP response so that I can log the SOAP request and Response correctly.

Is there a way to identify the SOAP message as request or response ?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 13 '13 at 20:26

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You can always get the headers and look for the TCP header if there is a Request Method of say POST for a SOAP call

answered May 13 '13 at 20:26

fpmoles

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I am not sure but will it be always POST or can it be GET as well – NullPointerException May 13 '13 at 20:49
You seems to be an expert in WS and I am n newbie to web-services Can you have a look at **[this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16526506/catching-the-soap-fault-error-in-custom-interceptor-soap12faultoutinterceptor)** as well – NullPointerException May 13 '13 at 20:50
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SOAP is always POST messages, but gets against the WSDL – fpmoles May 14 '13 at 13:37
So what I did is I am now relying on the request method not null for identifying the SOAP request – NullPointerException May 14 '13 at 13:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 16 '13 at 14:57

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You can also use CXF MessageUtils class to do that. For e.g.:

boolean requestor = MessageUtils.isRequestor(message);
boolean outbound = MessageUtils.isOutbound(message);
if (requestor) {
    if (!outbound) {
        //This is your RESPONSE message
    }
} else {
    if (!outbound) {
        //This is your REQUEST message
    }
}

answered May 16 '13 at 14:57

Paulius Matulionis

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awesome I was looking for this kind of solution but didn't get any so I relied on Http method as mentioned by Moles. – NullPointerException May 16 '13 at 15:16

Identify a SOAP message as request or response

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