Java Axis2 Web Service calling JAX-WS client jar

Question

I have an Axis2 (1.5.1) Web Service deployed on Tomcat 6, and I am trying to call the VMware Web Services SDK (JAX-WS service). This fails since the I need to maintain sessions (SESSION_MAINTAIN_PROPERTY = true). Is there any way to circumvent Axis2 when calling the JAX-WS client jar?

Here is the stack trace:

javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: Error: Maintain Session is enabled but none of the session properties (Cookies, Over-written URL) are returned.
    at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.ExceptionFactory.createWebServiceException(ExceptionFactory.java:173)
    at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.ExceptionFactory.makeWebServiceException(ExceptionFactory.java:70)
    at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.ExceptionFactory.makeWebServiceException(ExceptionFactory.java:118)
    at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.BindingProvider.setupSessionContext(BindingProvider.java:242)
    at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.BindingProvider.checkMaintainSessionState(BindingProvider.java:209)
    at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.client.proxy.JAXWSProxyHandler.invokeSEIMethod(JAXWSProxyHandler.java:320)
    at org.apache.axis2.jaxws.client.proxy.JAXWSProxyHandler.invoke(JAXWSProxyHandler.java:159)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy12.retrieveServiceContent(Unknown Source)
    at com.company.product.CredAuthHostSkeleton.getAuthKey(Unknown Source)
    at com.company.product.CredAuthHostMessageReceiverInOut.invokeBusinessLogic(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.axis2.receivers.AbstractInOutMessageReceiver.invokeBusinessLogic(AbstractInOutMessageReceiver.java:40)
    at org.apache.axis2.receivers.AbstractMessageReceiver.receive(AbstractMessageReceiver.java:114)
    at org.apache.axis2.engine.AxisEngine.receive(AxisEngine.java:173)
    at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.HTTPTransportUtils.processHTTPPostRequest(HTTPTransportUtils.java:167)
    at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:142)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:602)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Sylvetrix Sylvetrix · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-21T16:40:15

Problem

The problem turned out to be threefold. The first issue was an out-of-date Axis2 version (1.5.1), and the other two issues were code based.

Solution

After upgrading the Axis version to the latest version (went from 1.5.1 to 1.7.4), the following code changes fixed the issue:

Since Axis2 expects the name of the session cookie to be JSESSIONID and VMware returns vmware_soap_session, the CUSTOM_COOKIE_ID property need to be set so that Axis2 detects that the session cookie is set.

VimService vimService = new VimService();
VimPortType vimPort = vimService.getVimPort();

Map<String, Object> ctxt = ((BindingProvider)vimPort).getRequestContext();
ctxt.put(BindingProvider.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY, url.toString());
ctxt.put(org.apache.axis2.Constants.CUSTOM_COOKIE_ID, "vmware_soap_session");
ctxt.put(BindingProvider.SESSION_MAINTAIN_PROPERTY, true);

When Axis2 maintains sessions, it expects the first call to set the session cookie. The first call to the VMware API to retrieve the service content does not need a session, so it doesn't return a cookie. The solution here was to add another VimService and VimPortType to be used exclusively for retrieving the service content. After these changes the login call will work.

VimService vimServiceRSC = new VimService();
VimPortType vimPortRSC = vimService.getVimPort();

Map<String, Object> ctxtRSC = ((BindingProvider)vimPortRSC).getRequestContext();
ctxtRSC.put(BindingProvider.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY, url.toString());

ServiceContent serviceContent = vimPortRSC.retrieveServiceContent(this.getServiceInstanceRef());
vimPort.login(serviceContent.getSessionManager(), "user", "password", null);

The code changes are shown using snippets of the sample code provided with the VMware SDK.

Java Axis2 Web Service calling JAX-WS client jar

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