How to add SOAP Headers to Spring Jax-WS Client?

Question

How can I add SOAP Headers to Spring Jax-WS Client?

Specifically, I have a Jaxb object I would like to add to the header but xml examples would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I'm still trying to find an elegant way to add headers, but what I do as suggested by others is to use a Transformer on the WebServiceMessageCallBack(). Here's an example code:

JAXBElement result = (JAXBElement) webServiceTemplate.marshalSendAndReceive(request, new WebServiceMessageCallback() {
public void doWithMessage(WebServiceMessage webServiceMessage) {
    try {
        SoapMessage soapMessage = (SoapMessage) webServiceMessage;
        soapMessage.setSoapAction("getDeleted");

        SoapHeader header = soapMessage.getSoapHeader();
        StringSource headerSource = new StringSource("\n" +
                                ""+"johnsmith"+"\n" +
                                ""+"1234"+"\n" +
                                "");
        Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
        transformer.transform(headerSource, header.getResult());

       } catch (Exception e) {
         new RuntimeException(e);
       }
}
...

It's not really elegant, considering this is Spring's WS. It's not intuitive.