How to change XML SOAP envelop by using JAVA library?

Question

I have used javax.xml.soap library to invoke soap request and response. I have wsdl endpoint url which works fine in SOAP-UI. I need to validate the same using java, and I created a soap request which looks different evnelop than the actual one as below

JAVA REQUEST PAYLOAD:

   <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:web="http://www.webservicex.com/">
     <SOAP-ENV:Header/>
       <SOAP-ENV:Body>
       <web:GetCitiesByCountry>
       <web:CountryName>US</web:CountryName>
       </web:GetCitiesByCountry>
     </SOAP-ENV:Body>
   </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

SOAP REQUEST PAYLOAD:

   <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:web="http://www.webserviceX.NET">
     <soapenv:Header/>
       <soapenv:Body>
        <web:GetCitiesByCountry>
        <!--Optional:-->
        <web:CountryName>US</web:CountryName>
        </web:GetCitiesByCountry>
      </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

The JAVA request payload is not working as expected and it throws below error response.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><soap:Body><soap:Fault><faultcode>soap:Client</faultcode><faultstring>System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server did not recognize the value of HTTP Header SOAPAction: http://www.webservicex.com/GetCitiesByCountry.
   at System.Web.Services.Protocols.Soap11ServerProtocolHelper.RouteRequest()
   at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapServerProtocol.RouteRequest(SoapServerMessage message)
   at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapServerProtocol.Initialize()
   at System.Web.Services.Protocols.ServerProtocolFactory.Create(Type type, HttpContext context, HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, Boolean&amp; abortProcessing)</faultstring><detail /></soap:Fault></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

I didn't find any difference between both request payload except the envelop, and I tried to modify the envelop by using

SOAPConstants.SOAP_1_1_PROTOCOL and 1_2 PROTOCOL but no luck.

The below code I tried so far:

    private static SOAPMessage createSOAPRequest() throws Exception 
     {
        MessageFactory messageFactory = MessageFactory.newInstance();
        SOAPMessage soapMessage = messageFactory.createMessage();

        //Tried to change the envelop which is not working
        /*MessageFactory messageFactory = MessageFactory.newInstance(SOAPConstants.SOAP_1_1_PROTOCOL);
        SOAPMessage soapMessage =     messageFactory.createMessage();
        soapMessage.getSOAPPart().setPrefix("soapenv");
        soapMessage.getSOAPPart().removeMimeHeader("SOAP-ENV");
        soapMessage.getSOAPHeader().setPrefix("soapenv");
        soapMessage.getSOAPBody().setPrefix("soapenv");
        messageFactory.createMessage();*/
        SOAPPart soapPart = soapMessage.getSOAPPart();

        String serverURI = "http://www.webservicex.com/";

        // SOAP Envelope
        SOAPEnvelope envelope = soapPart.getEnvelope();
        envelope.addNamespaceDeclaration("web", serverURI);

        // SOAP Body
        SOAPBody soapBody = envelope.getBody();
        SOAPElement soapBodyElem = soapBody.addChildElement(
                "GetCitiesByCountry", "web");
        SOAPElement soapBodyElem1 soapBodyElem.addChildElement("CountryName",
                "web");
        soapBodyElem1.addTextNode("US");

        MimeHeaders headers = soapMessage.getMimeHeaders();
        headers.addHeader("SOAPAction", serverURI + "GetCitiesByCountry");

        System.out.println(soapMessage.getSOAPBody());
        soapMessage.saveChanges();

        /* Print the request message */
        System.out.print("Request SOAP Message:");
        soapMessage.writeTo(System.out);
        System.out.println();

        return soapMessage;
      }

I copied the request payload and change the envelop from SOAP-ENV to sopaenv and invoked in SOAPUI which is return an appropriate response. So can somebody tell me how can I change the envelop tag by using java library.

Answer 1

can you try with
String serverURI = "http://www.webserviceX.NET"; instead of

String serverURI = "http://www.webservicex.com/";