Axis and HTTP Header Info

[Rob Keefer]

I want to get information out of the HTTP Header using Axis. I used the WSDLtoJava program to generate a SoapBindingStub, so now I want to get a username and password that is being sent in the HTTP Header to use for authentication. How do I do that?

- Rob

[Ulf Dittmer]

The Web Services FAQ -linked in my signature- shows how to do this.

[Rob Keefer]

Thanks for the reply, but I guess I'm not following all the way with the FAQ...

In my FooServiceTestCase.java program, I have

public void test1Foo() throws Exception {
 
  FooSoapBindingStub binding;
  try {
    binding = (FooSoapBindingStub) new FooServiceLocator().getFoo();
    binding._setProperty(Stub.USERNAME_PROPERTY, "user");
    binding._setProperty(Stub.PASSWORD_PROPERTY, "password");
  }
 
...

Then in my FooSoapBindingStub.java program, I have

  MessageContext context = MessageContext.getCurrentContext(); 
  HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) context.getProperty(HTTPConstants.MC_HTTP_SERVLETREQUEST);
  String uid = req.getParameter(Stub.USERNAME_PROPERTY);
  String pwd = req.getParameter(Stub.PASSWORD_PROPERTY);

and context is null when I debug.

Am I not setting something correctly in my FooServiceTestCase?

[Ulf Dittmer]

FooSoapBindingStub is a class that's used on the client - you can get at HTTP headers on the server only. Add the code to the class implementing the actual WS method, or -much better- use a JAX-RPC handler on the server.

[Rob Keefer]

Ok, I'm just now getting around to looking into this again. Do you know of a good example of using a JAX-RPC handler on the server? I'm seeing references to the org.apache.axis.handlers.SimpleAuthenticationHandler and incorporating this into the wsdd file, but am not clear on how all this is working.

Thanks again for your help.

[Ulf Dittmer]

If you search the Web Services FAQ for "handler", you'll find a nice introductory article linked that explains how to write a server-side handler that intercepts request and response.

[Rob Keefer]

Perfect. Thanks ...