How do i modify HTTP headers for a JAX-WS response in CXF?

Question

I have been working on developing CXF web services that sit behind a security proxy which asks for HTTP basic authentication prior service invocation. These services communi

Answer 1

One approach would be creating a CXF interceptor.

public class BasicAuthOutInterceptor extends AbstractPhaseInterceptor {

    public BasicAuthOutInterceptor() {
        super(Phase.PRE_STREAM);
    }

    @Override
    public void handleMessage(Message message) throws Fault {
        String token = "basic auth token";

        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        Map> headers = (Map>) message
                .get(Message.PROTOCOL_HEADERS);
        if (headers == null) {
            headers = new TreeMap>(
                    String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
            message.put(Message.PROTOCOL_HEADERS, headers);
        }

        headers.put("Authentication", Arrays.asList("Basic "+ token));
    }

}

and registering it as an out and outFault interceptor.