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

a better way would be to modify the message using the DOM interface, you need to add the SAAJOutInterceptor first (this might have a performance hit for big requests) and then your custom interceptor that is executed in phase USER_PROTOCOL

import org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.SoapMessage;
import org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.interceptor.AbstractSoapInterceptor;
import org.apache.cxf.interceptor.Fault;
import org.apache.cxf.phase.Phase;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

import javax.xml.soap.SOAPException;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage;

abstract public class SoapNodeModifierInterceptor extends AbstractSoapInterceptor {
    SoapNodeModifierInterceptor() { super(Phase.USER_PROTOCOL); }

    @Override public void handleMessage(SoapMessage message) throws Fault {
        try {
            if (message == null) {
                return;
            }
            SOAPMessage sm = message.getContent(SOAPMessage.class);
            if (sm == null) {
                throw new RuntimeException("You must add the SAAJOutInterceptor to the chain");
            }

            modifyNodes(sm.getSOAPBody());

        } catch (SOAPException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    abstract void modifyNodes(Node node);
}