How To Modify The Raw XML message of an Outbound CXF Request?

Question

I would like to modify an outgoing SOAP Request. I would like to remove 2 xml nodes from the Envelope\'s body. I managed to set up an Interceptor and get the generated Stri

Answer 1

I had this problem as well today. After much weeping and gnashing of teeth, I was able to alter the StreamInterceptor class in the configuration_interceptor demo that comes with the CXF source:

OutputStream os = message.getContent(OutputStream.class);
CachedStream cs = new CachedStream();
message.setContent(OutputStream.class, cs);

message.getInterceptorChain().doIntercept(message);

try {
    cs.flush();
    CachedOutputStream csnew = (CachedOutputStream) message.getContent(OutputStream.class);

    String soapMessage = IOUtils.toString(csnew.getInputStream());
    ...

The soapMessage variable will contain the complete SOAP message. You should be able to manipulate the soap message, flush it to an output stream and do a message.setContent(OutputStream.class... call to put your modifications on the message. This comes with no warranty, since I'm pretty new to CXF myself!

Note: CachedStream is a private class in the StreamInterceptor class. Don't forget to configure your interceptor to run in the PRE_STREAM phase so that the SOAP interceptors have a chance to write the SOAP message.