How to convert SOAPBody to String

Question

I want to convert SOAPBody to String. What is the best way to do it? Should i first convert it to xml and then convert it into String or we can jsut convert it into String.<

Answer 1

Figured this might help -

private String convertToString (SOAPBody message) throws Exception{
   Document doc = message.extractContentAsDocument();
   StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
   TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
   Transformer transformer = tf.newTransformer();
   transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "no");
   transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");
   transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
   transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.ENCODING, "UTF-8");
   transformer.transform(new DOMSource(doc), new StreamResult(sw));
   return sw.toString();
  }

Thanks to the following post - XML Document to String?