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Transformation Feature
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The CXF Transformation feature provides for a flexible and fast way to do dynamic transformation of inbound and/or outbound XML messages.
This feature can be used in a number of cases: dropping the namespace of the outbound messages, qualifying the incoming message, changing namespaces, appending or dropping elements and converting attributes to elements.
The "outTransformElements", "inTransformElements", "outDropElements", "inDropElements", "outAppendElements", "inAppendElements" and "attributesAsElements" properties can be used.
On the outbound service side, some of the transformation features (e.g. "outTransformElements", "outDropElements") may not work properly prior to CXF versions 3.2.6 and 3.1.17. This is due to outputstream optimization that CXF does. In this case, the outputstream optimization must be explicitly disabled for the outbound transformation feature to work properly by setting the JAX-WS/JAX-RS property "disable.outputstream.optimization" to "true".
Spring configuration
Changing input and output element names and namespaces
"outTransformElements" map property can be used to change the output element names and change or drop namespaces. Keys are the elements to be changed, values are the new element names. Example:
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Feature {span} {toc} The CXF Transformation feature provides for a flexible and fast way to do the dynamic transformations of the inbound and/or outbound XML messages. This feature can be used in a number of cases: dropping the namespace of the outbound messages, qualifying the incoming message, changing namespaces, appending or dropping elements and converting attributes to elements. The "outTransformElements", "inTransformElements", "outDropElements", "inDropElements", "outAppendElements", "inAppendElements" and "attributesAsElements" properties can be used. h1. Spring configuration h2. Changing input and output element names and namespaces "outTransformElements" map property can be used to change the output element names and change or drop namespaces. Keys are the elements to be changed, values are the new element names. Example: {code:xml} <bean id="transformFeature" class="org.apache.cxf.feature.StaxTransformFeature"> <property name="outTransformElements"> <map> <!-- change "book" to "thebook" --> <entry key="book" value="thebook"/> <!-- drop the namespace from "book" --> <entry key="{http://books}book" value="book"/> <!-- qualify "book" with "http://books" --> <entry key="book" value="{http://books}thebook"/> <!-- change namespace to "http://books" for all the elements with the "http://book" namespace --> <entry key="{http://book}*" value="{http://books}*"/> </map> </property> </bean> {code} "inTransformElements" map property can be used to change the input element names and change or drop namespaces. See the "outTransfromElements" property description for an example. h2. Appending new input and output elements "outAppendElements" and "inAppendElements" map properties can be used to append new simple or qualified elements to the output/input in a number of ways. Keys are the elements the new elements will be appended before, values are the new elements. Examples: h3. Append-Pre-Wrap Using inAppendsElements: {code:xml} -- change namespace to "http://books" for all the elements with the "http://book" namespace --> <entry key="{http://book}*" value="{http://books}*"/> </map> </property> </bean> |
"inTransformElements" map property can be used to change the input element names and change or drop namespaces. See the "outTransfromElements" property description for an example.
Appending new input and output elements
"outAppendElements" and "inAppendElements" map properties can be used to append new simple or qualified elements to the output/input in a number of ways. Keys are the elements the new elements will be appended before, values are the new elements. Examples:
Append-Pre-Wrap
Using inAppendsElements:
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<bean id="transformFeature" class="org.apache.cxf.feature.StaxTransformFeature">
<property name="inAppendElements">
<map>
<!-- get "book" wrapped with the new "thebook" element-->
<entry key="book" value="thebook"/>
</map>
</property>
</bean>
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Using outAppendsElements:
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<bean id="transformFeature" class="org.apache.cxf.feature.StaxTransformFeature">
<property name="outAppendElements">
<map>
<!-- get "book" wrapped with the new "thebook" element-->
<entry key="book" value="thebook"/>
</map>
</property>
</bean>
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Append-Post-Wrap
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<bean id="transformFeature" class="org.apache.cxf.feature.StaxTransformFeature"> <property name="inAppendElements"> <map> <!-- <map> <!-- get all "book" children elements wrapped with the new "thebook" element using the "/" convention. --> <entry key="book/" value="thebook"/> </map> </property> </bean> {code} Using outAppendsElements: {code:xml} |
Append-Pre-Include
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<bean id="transformFeature" class="org.apache.cxf.feature.StaxTransformFeature"> <property name="outAppendElementsinAppendElements"> <map> <!-- getappend new simple "bookthebook" wrappedelement with a text value '2' before the new "thebookbook" element --> <entry key="book" value="thebook=2"/> </map> </property> </bean> {code} h3. |
Append-Post-Include
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Wrap {code:xml} <bean id="transformFeature" class="org.apache.cxf.feature.StaxTransformFeature"> <property name="inAppendElements"> <map> <!-- get all "book" children elements wrapped with the new "thebook" element name="inAppendElements"> <map> using the "/" convention. --> <entry key="book/" value="thebook"/> </map> </property> </bean> {code} h3. Append-Pre-Include {code:xml} <bean id="transformFeature" class="org.apache.cxf.feature.StaxTransformFeature"> <property name="inAppendElements"<!-- append new simple "thebook" element with a text value '2' using the "/" convention as the last child element within the "book" element --> <entry key="book/" value="thebook=2"/> <map></map> <!-- append new simple "thebook" element with a text value '2' before "the book" --> <entry key="book" value="thebook=2"/> </map> </property> </bean> {code} h3. Append-Post-Include {code:xml} <bean id="transformFeature" class="org.apache.cxf.feature.StaxTransformFeature"> <property name="inAppendElements"> <map> <!-- append new simple "thebook" element with a text value '2' after "the book", using a '/' convention --> <entry key="book/" value="thebook=2"/> </map> </property> </bean> {code} h2. Replacing text content It's possible to replace the text content of a given simple element only on the input and output, for example: {code:xml} </property> </bean> |
Comparing four append modes
input | append-pre-wrap
| append-post-wrap | append-pre-include | append-post-include |
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key="book" value="thebook" | key="book/" value="thebook" | key="book" value="thebook=2" | key="book/" value="thebook=2" | |
<sales> | <sales> | <sales> | <sales> | <sales> |
Replacing text content
It's possible to replace the text content of a given simple element only on the input and output, for example:
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<bean id="transformFeature" class="org.apache.cxf.feature.StaxTransformFeature">
<property name="inAppendElements">
<map>
<!-- replace the text content of {ns}a element with the 'new Text' value -->
<entry key="{ns}a" value="{ns}a=new Text"/>
</map
</property>
</bean>
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h2. Dropping output and input elements
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Dropping output and input elements
"outDropElements"
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and
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"inDropElements"
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list
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properties
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can
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be
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used
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to
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drop
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output
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and
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input
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elements.
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Note
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that
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children
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elements
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if
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any
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of
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a
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given
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dropped
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element
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are
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not
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affected.
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Please
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see
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the
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"outDropElements"
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property
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description
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for
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an
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example.
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It's
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a
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so-called
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"shallow"
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drop.
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Additionally,
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outTransformElements
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and
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inTransformElements
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property
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can
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be
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used
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to
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deep-drop
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an
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element
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and
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all
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of
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its
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children
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if
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any,
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for
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example:
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{code:xml} <bean id="transformFeature" class="org.apache.cxf.feature.StaxTransformFeature"> <property name="outTransformElements"> <map> <!-- drop "book" and all of its children, using an empty value convention --> <entry key="book" value=""/> </map> </property> </bean> {code} h2. Converting attributes to elements |
Converting attributes to elements
"attributesAsElements"
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boolean
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property
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can
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be
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used
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to
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have
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attributes
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serialized
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as
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elements
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on
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the
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output
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only.
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The
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combination
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of
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"attributesAsElements"
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and
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"outDropElements"
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properties
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can
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be
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used
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to
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have
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certain
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attributes
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ignored
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in
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the
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output
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by
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turning
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them
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into
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elements
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and
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then
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blocking
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them.
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Input
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Transformation
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and
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Redirection
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Consider
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the
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case
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where
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a
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new
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endpoint
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has
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been
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introduced
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but
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some
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of
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the
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existing
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clients
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have
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not
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been
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updated
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yet
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to
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work
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with
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the
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new
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endpoint,
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they
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are
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still
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unaware
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of
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it.
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In
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this
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case
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you
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may
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want
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to
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keep
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the
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CXFServlet
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serving
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the
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old
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clients
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but
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make
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it
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redirect
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them
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to
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a
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new
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CXFServlet
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serving
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a
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new
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endpoint
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only.
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Now,
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in
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order
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to
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serve
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the
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old
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clients
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one
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needs
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to
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apply
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a
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transform
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feature,
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however
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the
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new
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clients
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should
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not
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be
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affected.
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Thus
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the
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feature
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can
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be
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configured
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such
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that
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it's
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only
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triggered
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if
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a
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certain
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contextual
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property
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has
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been
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set
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on
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a
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current
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Message.
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In
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this
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case
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the
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feature
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should
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only
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apply
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to
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the
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old
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redirected
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clients:
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{code:xml} <bean id="transformFeatureRest" class="org.apache.cxf.feature.StaxTransformFeature"> <!-- apply the transformation only if the boolean property with the given name is set to true on the message --> <property name="contextPropertyName" value="http.service.redirection"/> <!-- the transform configuration --> </bean> {code} h1. Configuring the feature from the code The feature can be configured from the code for JAX-WS or JAX-RS clients and endpoints. h2. JAX-WS Here is how a JAX-WS client can be configured: {code:java} |
Configuring the feature from the code
The feature can be configured from the code for JAX-WS or JAX-RS clients and endpoints.
JAX-WS
Here is how a JAX-WS client can be configured:
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CustomerServiceService service = new CustomerServiceService();
CustomerService customerService = service.getCustomerServicePort();
Client client = ClientProxy.getClient(customerService);
// drop namespace from all elements qualified by 'http://customers'
Map<String, String> outTransformMap = Collections.singletonMap("{http://customers}*", "*");
org.apache.cxf.interceptor.transform.TransformOutInterceptor transformOutInterceptor =
new org.apache.cxf.interceptor.transform.TransformOutInterceptor();
transformOutInterceptor.setOutTransformElements(outTransformMap);
client.getOutInterceptors().add(transformOutInterceptor);
// qualify the incoming 'customer' element with 'http://customers'
Map<String, String> inTransformMap = Collections.singletonMap("customer", "{http://customers}customer");
org.apache.cxf.interceptor.transform.TransformInInterceptor transformInInterceptor =
new org.apache.cxf.interceptor.transform.TransformInInterceptor();
transformInInterceptor.setInTransformElements(inTransformMap);
client.getInInterceptors().add(transformInInterceptor);
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JAX-RS
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Here
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is
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how
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a
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JAX-RS
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client
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can
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be
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configured:
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{code:java} CustomerService customerServiceProxy = JAXRSClientFactory.create(endpointAddress, CustomerService.class); ClientConfiguration config = WebClient.getConfig(customerServiceProxy); // or //WebClient client = WebClient.create(endpointAddress); //ClientConfiguration config = WebClient.getConfig(client); // drop namespace from all elements qualified by 'http://customers' Map<String, String> outTransformMap = Collections.singletonMap("{http://customers}*", "*"); org.apache.cxf.interceptor.transform.TransformOutInterceptor transformOutInterceptor = new org.apache.cxf.interceptor.transform.TransformOutInterceptor(); transformOutInterceptor.setOutTransformElements(outTransformMap); config.getOutInterceptors().add(transformOutInterceptor); // qualify the incoming 'customer' element with 'http://customers' Map<String, String> inTransformMap = Collections.singletonMap("customer", "{http://customers}customer"); org.apache.cxf.interceptor.transform.TransformInInterceptor transformInInterceptor = new org.apache.cxf.interceptor.transform.TransformInInterceptor(); transformInInterceptor.setInTransformElements(inTransformMap); config.getInInterceptors().add(transformInInterceptor); {code} h1. Transform interceptors and phases TransformInInterceptor and TransformOutInterceptor interceptors run in |
Transform interceptors and phases
TransformInInterceptor and TransformOutInterceptor interceptors run in POST_STREAM
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and
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PRE_STREAM
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phases.
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In
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some
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cases
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it
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may
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be
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needed
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to
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change
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the
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phase,
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for
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example,
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the
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in
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transformation
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has
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to
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be
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applied
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after
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the
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encrypted
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payload
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has
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been
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decrypted
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and
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its
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signature
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checked.
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For
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such
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transformations
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to
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succeed
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TransformInInterceptor
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will
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need
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to
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be
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created
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with
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a
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constructor
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accepting
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a
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'phase'
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String
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parameter,
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for
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the
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interceptor
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to
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run
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after
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the
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decrypption
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and
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signature
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validation
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actions
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have
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been
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performed.
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Default
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namespace
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on
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the
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output
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The
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'outDefaultNamespace'
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feature
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property
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can
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be
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used
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to
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enforce
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the
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default
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namespace
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declaration.
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The
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value
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of
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this
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property
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has
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to
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match
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one
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of
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the
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out
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namespaces.
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