How to log soap client messages with Spring using the Logback implementation of Slf4j

Question

How can i log all client side SOAP messages sent (and their responses) via webservice template using the Logback as the logging framework?

The answers i have seen so far, such as the: How can I make Spring WebServices log all SOAP requests?

refer either to commons logging, which i have excluded as dependency:

<exclusions>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
        </exclusions>

, or endpoint logging.

If i understood correctly, i should provide implementation of interceptor which should be set as webservice template property.

Could someone show me code example how to do that?

Which logging provider used doesn't matter... Just set the same categories/loggers to trace or debug. — M. Deinum, Jan 20 '15 at 12:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '15 at 12:06

Something like this:

public class LogbackInterceptor implements ClientInterceptor {

    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LogbackInterceptor .class);


     public boolean handleRequest(MessageContext messageContext) throws WebServiceClientException {
           logger.debug("Sent request [" + messageContext.getRequest() + "]");
           return true;
     }

     public boolean handleResponse(MessageContext messageContext) throws WebServiceClientException {
           logger.debug("Received response [" + messageContext.getResponse() + "] for request [" +
                                messageContext.getRequest() + "]");
           return true;
}

.....
}

However it isn't clear why just don't add jcl-over-slf4j.jar and follow with standard WS loggin option from that SO answer?..

How to log soap client messages with Spring using the Logback implementation of Slf4j

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