How can I log with Log4J SOAP request and response in AXIS 1.x?

Question

I am having the next problem:

I want to log the SOAP requests/responses that land on my web service (server side). Trying to configure my web service in the wsdd fil

Answer 1

A solution to log the Axis Faults is extend the OnFault method :

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.apache.axis.AxisFault;
import org.apache.axis.MessageContext;
import org.apache.axis.handlers.BasicHandler;

public class SOAPLogHandler extends BasicHandler {

  private static final String AXIS = "AXIS";
  private static final String AXIS_FAULT = "AXIS FAULT";
  private static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SOAPLogHandler.class);
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1;

  @Override
  public void invoke(MessageContext msgContext) throws AxisFault {
    logMessage(AXIS, msgContext);
  }

  @Override
  public void onFault(MessageContext msgContext) {
    try {            
        logMessage(AXIS_FAULT,msgContext);
    } catch (AxisFault axisFault) {
        LOG.error("Error on logging messages ",axisFault);
    }
  }

  private void logMessage(String preamble, MessageContext msgContext) throws AxisFault {
    if (msgContext.getResponseMessage() != null && msgContext.getResponseMessage().getSOAPPart() != null) {
        LOG.info("{} Response ={}",preamble ,msgContext.getResponseMessage().getSOAPPartAsString());
        return;
    }

    if (msgContext.getRequestMessage() != null && msgContext.getRequestMessage().getSOAPPartAsString() != null) {
        LOG.info("{} Request={}",preamble,msgContext.getRequestMessage().getSOAPPartAsString());
    }
  }
}

It is also mandatory to set the handler in the global configuration request flow, in the wsdd file will be something like this :