How can I make Spring WebServices log all SOAP requests?

Question

I need all SOAP requests logged in the CommonLogFormat (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Log_Format), plus the duration (the amount of time it takes to p

Answer 1

First, SLF4J is just a simple facade. It means you still need a logging framework(e.g. java.util.logging, logback, log4j).

Second, Spring-ws uses Commons Logging interface that is another simple facade like SLF4J.

Finally, you can use below setting to enable Spring-ws message logging functionality.

log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.client.MessageTracing.sent=DEBUG
log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.client.MessageTracing.received=TRACE

log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.server.MessageTracing.sent=DEBUG
log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.server.MessageTracing.received=TRACE