Sending values in implicit SOAP headers
You can enable an existing Web services client to send values in implicit SOAP headers. By modifying your client code to send implicit SOAP headers, you can send specific information within an outgoing Web service request. To complete this task, we need a Web services client that you can enable to send implicit SOAP headers. An implicit SOAP header is a SOAP header that fits one of the following descriptions:
- A message part that is declared as a SOAP header in the binding in the WSDL file, but the message definition is not referenced by a portType within a WSDL file.
- An element that is not contained in the WSDL file.
Handlers and service endpoints can manipulate implicit or explicit SOAP headers using the SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) data model.
You cannot manipulate protected SOAP headers. A SOAP header that is declared protected by its owning component, for example, Web Services Security, is not accessible to client applications. An exception occurs if you try to manipulate protected SOAP headers.
Overview
The client application sets properties on the Stub or Call object to send and receive implicit SOAP headers. You can modify the client code as follows:
Procedure
- Create a java.util.HashMap.
- Add an entry to the HashMap for each implicit SOAP header that the client wants to send. The HashMap entry key is the QName of the SOAP header. The HashMap entry value is either an SAAJ SOAPElement object or a String that contains the XML text of the entire SOAP header element.
- Set the HashMap as a property on the Stub or Call object. The property name is com.ibm.websphere.webservices.Constants.REQUEST_SOAP_HEADERS. The value of the property is the HashMap.
- Issue the remote method calls using the Stub or Call object. The headers within the HashMap are sent in the outgoing message.A JAXRPCException can occur if any of the following are true:
- The HashMap contains a key that is not a QName or if the HashMap contains a value that is not a String or a SOAPElement.
- The HashMap contains a key that represents a SOAP header that is declared protected by the owning component.
Results
You have a Web service client that is configured to send implicit SOAP headers.
Receiving values from implicit SOAP headers
Implementing extensions to the JAX-RPC and Web Services for J2EE client programming models
Related Reference
Example: Using SOAP headers within a Web services request and response
Related information
SOAP with Attachments API for Java interface