Adding header elements into a SOAP envelope and setting timeout with JAX-WS.

soap-envelope.xml

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:via="http://mycompany.com.br/">
    <soapenv:Header>
      <wshh:userId xmlns:wshh='http://mycompany.com.br/wsheaderhandlers'>12345</wshh:userId>
      <wshh:ip xmlns:wshh='http://mycompany.com.br/wsheaderhandlers'>10.10.10.10</wshh:ip>
    </soapenv:Header>
    <soapenv:Body>
      ...
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

WebServiceCaller.java

import javax.xml.ws.Binding;
import javax.xml.ws.BindingProvider;
import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceRef;
import javax.xml.ws.handler.Handler;

public class WebServiceCaller implements Serializable {
    
	private static final int MINUTES = 60000;
	
	@WebServiceRef(wsdlLocation = "http://localhost/WebService.wsdl")
	WebService webService;
	
	public void callWebService(String userId, String ip) {
		Service port = captureAndConfigurePort(userId, ip);
		port.callMethod();
	}
	
	private Service captureAndConfigurePort(String userId, String ip) {
		Service port = webService.getWebServicePort();
		Binding binding = ((BindingProvider) port).getBinding();
		List<Handler> handlerChain = binding.getHandlerChain();
		handlerChain.add(new WebServiceHandler(userId, ip));
		binding.setHandlerChain(handlerChain);
		
		Map<String, Object> requestContext = ((BindingProvider) port).getRequestContext();
		requestContext.put("javax.xml.ws.client.receiveTimeout", 30 * MINUTES);
		
		return port;
	}
    
}

WebServiceHandler.java

import javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPEnvelope;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPException;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPHeader;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage;
import javax.xml.ws.handler.MessageContext;
import javax.xml.ws.handler.soap.SOAPHandler;
import javax.xml.ws.handler.soap.SOAPMessageContext;

public class WebServiceHandler implements SOAPHandler<SOAPMessageContext> {
	
	private String userId;
	private String ip;
	
	public WebServiceRelatoriosHandler(String userId, String ip) {
		this.userId = userId;
		this.ip = ip;
	}
	
	public boolean handleMessage(SOAPMessageContext messageContext) {
		SOAPMessage msg = messageContext.getMessage();
		if((Boolean) messageContext.get(MessageContext.MESSAGE_OUTBOUND_PROPERTY)) {
			try {
				SOAPEnvelope envelope = msg.getSOAPPart().getEnvelope();
				SOAPHeader header = envelope.addHeader();
				SOAPElement el = header.addChildElement(envelope.createName("userId", "wshh", "http://mycompany.com.br/wsheaderhandlers"));
				el.setValue(userId);
				el = header.addChildElement(envelope.createName("ip", "wshh", "http://mycompany.com.br/wsheaderhandlers"));
				el.setValue(ip);
				
				msg.saveChanges();
			} catch (SOAPException e) {
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	}
	
	public boolean handleFault(SOAPMessageContext messageContext) {
		return true;
	}
	
	public void close(MessageContext messageContext) { }
	
	public Set getHeaders() {
		return new HashSet();
	}
	
}
	

Thanks a lot! Almost 3 days trying to insert thinks on soap header. Now, finally i got it.

I had to modify SOAPHeader header = envelope.addHeader(); by SOAPHeader header = envelope.getHeader();

It was conflicting with the existing soap header.

Doesn't this approach has issue with Multi-threads environment ?

Have no tested yet.

Thank you very much !

Thanks a lot!