How can I make Spring WebServices log all SOAP requests?

Question

I need all SOAP requests logged in the CommonLogFormat (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Log_Format), plus the duration (the amount of time it takes to p

Answer 1

Include the following in the log4j.properties file...

1. To log all server-side messages: log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.server.MessageTracing=DEBUG
2. To log all client-side messages: log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.client.MessageTracing=TRACE

On the DEBUG level - only the payload root element is logged

On the TRACE level - the entire message content is logged

Lastly to log only the sent or received messages use the .sent or .received at the end of the configurations.

ex : log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.server.MessageTracing.received=DEBUG logs the client-side received massages payload root element returning :

DEBUG WebServiceMessageReceiverHandlerAdapter:114 - Accepting incoming [org.springframework.ws.transport.http.HttpServletConnection@51ad62d9] to [http://localhost:8080/mock-platform/services]

For more info

Answer 2

First, SLF4J is just a simple facade. It means you still need a logging framework(e.g. java.util.logging, logback, log4j).

Second, Spring-ws uses Commons Logging interface that is another simple facade like SLF4J.

Finally, you can use below setting to enable Spring-ws message logging functionality.

log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.client.MessageTracing.sent=DEBUG
log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.client.MessageTracing.received=TRACE

log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.server.MessageTracing.sent=DEBUG
log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.server.MessageTracing.received=TRACE

Answer 3

For Spring Boot project adding below in application.properties worked for me:

logging.level.org.springframework.web=DEBUG
logging.level.org.springframework.ws.client.MessageTracing.sent=DEBUG
logging.level.org.springframework.ws.server.MessageTracing.sent=DEBUG
logging.level.org.springframework.ws.client.MessageTracing.received=TRACE
logging.level.org.springframework.ws.server.MessageTracing.received=TRACE

Answer 4

Add a servlet filter to the spring ws (to move with org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet) in web.xml

you can find a filter here http://www.wetfeetblog.com/servlet-filer-to-log-request-and-response-details-and-payload/431

inside the filter you can log as you wish

Answer 5

This worked for me. It logs the request message sent and the response received. You could work out the total time taken from the log.

log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.client.MessageTracing.sent=TRACE
log4j.logger.org.springframework.ws.client.MessageTracing.received=TRACE

Answer 6

You can use this to log the raw paylod of incoming and outgoing web service calls.. I'm not sure how to log how long the webservice communication took.

   <!-- Spring Web Service Payload Logging-->
   <logger name="org.springframework.ws.client.MessageTracing">
    <level value="TRACE"/> 
   </logger>
   <logger name="org.springframework.ws.server.MessageTracing">
    <level value="TRACE"/> 
   </logger>

Additional details can be found at http://static.springsource.org/spring-ws/site/reference/html/common.html#logging