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

If you have your own Logging system the following interceptor can be an alternative to log the SOAP messages.

    setInterceptors(new ClientInterceptor[]{new ClientInterceptor() {

        @Override
        public boolean handleResponse(MessageContext messageContext) throws WebServiceClientException {
            System.out.println("### SOAP RESPONSE ###");
            try {
                ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                messageContext.getResponse().writeTo(buffer);
                String payload = buffer.toString(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
                System.out.println(payload);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new WebServiceClientException("Can not write the SOAP response into the out stream", e) {
                    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7118480620416458069L;
                };
            }

            return true;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean handleRequest(MessageContext messageContext) throws WebServiceClientException {

            System.out.println("### SOAP REQUEST ###");
            try {
                ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                messageContext.getRequest().writeTo(buffer);
                String payload = buffer.toString(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
                System.out.println(payload);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new WebServiceClientException("Can not write the SOAP request into the out stream", e) {
                    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7118480620416458069L;
                };
            }

            return true;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean handleFault(MessageContext messageContext) throws WebServiceClientException {
            System.out.println("### SOAP FAULT ###");
            try {
                ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                messageContext.getResponse().writeTo(buffer);
                String payload = buffer.toString(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
                System.out.println(payload);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new WebServiceClientException("Can not write the SOAP fault into the out stream", e) {
                    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3538336091916808141L;
                };
            }

            return true;
        }
    }});

In each handle method you can easily use payload to obtain raw soap messages.