Content-Length header already present

Question

I am using the Apache HttpClient (4.1) included in Android to execute a HttpPut. I have verified that I only have 1 content-length header. However, every time I send the r

Answer 1

As pointed out by igor.zh, this problem can occur if using Spring's HttpComponentsMessageSender class. To be more precise though, this is only a problem if you are passing your own instance of HttpClient into the HttpComponentsMessageSender constructor - the issue is handled automatically otherwise.

As of spring-ws 2.1.4, the HttpComponentsMessageSender.RemoveSoapHeadersInterceptor subclass that is used in the default constructor was made public to address this issue (see https://jira.spring.io/browse/SWS-835) and so can be used in your own HttpClient instances instead of writing your own class to do it. It also clears the HTTP.TRANSFER_ENCODING header.

Use the HttpClientBuilder.addInterceptorFirst method to inject this interceptor into your own HttpClient instance. Example below using XML bean wiring. If anybody knows a more concise way of constructing the HttpClient instance (aside from writing a factory bean class), I'm all ears!

Alternatively, if you can, just allow HttpComponentsMessageSender to construct its own HttpClient instance rather than passing one to it. Minor note on this: as of spring-ws 2.2.0-RELEASE, the default constructor for HttpComponentsMessageSender continues to use the DefaultHttpClient class, which is now deprecated. Hopefully this will be addressed in a future release.