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Java soap client
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory;
import javax.xml.soap.MimeHeaders;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPConnection;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPConnectionFactory;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPException;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
// Credits:
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19291283/soap-request-to-webservice-with-java
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13180372/creating-a-soapmessage-from-string-xml-of-entire-soap-message
public class HelloSoapClient {
/**
* Starting point for the SAAJ - SOAP Client Testing
*/
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
// Create SOAP Connection
SOAPConnectionFactory soapConnectionFactory = SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance();
SOAPConnection soapConnection = soapConnectionFactory.createConnection();
// Send SOAP Message to SOAP Server
String url = "http://localhost:8080/helloService";
String soapMessage = "<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:nam=\"namespace\">\r\n" +
" <soapenv:Header/>\r\n" +
" <soapenv:Body>\r\n" +
" <nam:hello>\r\n" +
" <!--Optional:-->\r\n" +
" <arg0>World</arg0>\r\n" +
" </nam:hello>\r\n" +
" </soapenv:Body>\r\n" +
"</soapenv:Envelope>";
SOAPMessage soapResponse = soapConnection.call(getSoapMessageFromString(soapMessage), url);
// Process the SOAP Response
printSOAPResponse(soapResponse);
soapConnection.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error occurred while sending SOAP Request to Server");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private static SOAPMessage getSoapMessageFromString(String xml) throws SOAPException, IOException {
MessageFactory factory = MessageFactory.newInstance();
SOAPMessage message = factory.createMessage(new MimeHeaders(), new ByteArrayInputStream(xml.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8"))));
return message;
}
/**
* Method used to print the SOAP Response
*/
private static void printSOAPResponse(SOAPMessage soapResponse) throws Exception {
TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
Source sourceContent = soapResponse.getSOAPPart().getContent();
System.out.print("\nResponse SOAP Message = ");
StreamResult result = new StreamResult(System.out);
transformer.transform(sourceContent, result);
}
}
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