How to pass XML tags in a soapbody parameter having datatype as string?

Question

Hi,
I need to pass XML tags as a String parameter in SOAP:Body.
When I tried send SOAP Request, The SOAP Request was changing < to <
and > to > respectively. Is there any way to ensure that the XML tags (< and >) remain as it is without getting changed.
I also tried to retrieve XML file and stored in a StringBuffer and tried to send SOAP Request but i am still receiving the < and > tags in my SOAP Request.
Pl suggest some alternatives to avoid storing the XML in the form of string and instead directly store the XML into a XML Node so that i can avoid the above condition
Thanks in advance,
gnsinhyd

Answer 1

Hi,
The sample code I used is as follows:
package somepackage;
import javax.mail.internet
import javax.xml.messaging.*;
import javax.xml.soap.*;
import javax.xml.transform.*;
import javax.activation.*;
public class SomeClassName{
// Some namespace declarations
public static void main(String[] args) throws someExceptions{
try
// Create the connection
SOAPConnectionFactory connectionFactory = SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance();
SOAPConnection connection = connectionFactory.createConnection();
// create a new SOAP message using SAAJ API�s
MessageFactory messageFactory = MessageFactory.newInstance();
SOAPMessage request = messageFactory.createMessage();
// Create a SoapAction header
MimeHeaders headers = request.getMimeHeaders();
headers.addHeader("SOAPAction", "soapaction url");
// Object for SOAP Message parts
SOAPPart part = request.getSOAPPart();
SOAPEnvelope envelope = part.getEnvelope();
envelope.addNamespaceDeclaration("xsd","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
envelope.addNamespaceDeclaration("xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
//envelope.addNamespaceDeclaration("enc","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/");
envelope.addNamespaceDeclaration("soap","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelop/");
//envelope.setEncodingStyle("http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/");
SOAPBody body = envelope.getBody();
SOAPHeader header = envelope.getHeader();
// Now, build the ClaimStorage element in the body for our request
Name somename = envelope.createName("somename");
// � and configure it with the specifics of our request
SOAPElement ClaimStorage = body.addTextNode("somename");
ClaimStorage.addNamespaceDeclaration("xmlns","url");
ClaimStorage.addChildElement(somename).addTextNode("somename");
ClaimStorage.addChildElement(xmlclaim).addTextNode("<XMLTAGS">); <---THE PROBLEM IS HERE
----> THE XML TAGS < > ARE CHANGING TO &LT; AND &GT; MOST PROBABLY DUE TO POST I THINK.
// Save Message
request.saveChanges();
// View SOAP Request
System.out.println("\n Soap Request:\n");
request.writeTo(System.out);
System.out.println();
// Now, create a connection to the HTTP SOAP endpoint
URLEndpoint endpoint = new URLEndpoint("url.asmx");
// Send request, view response. In a real program, we�d process the response envelope programmatically to see if there was a fault, etc.
System.out.println("request =\n" + request);
SOAPMessage response = connection.call(request, endpoint);
// View the output
System.out.println("\nXML Response\n");
// Create Transformer
TransformerFactory tff = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer tf = tff.newTransformer();
// Get reply content
Source sc = response.getSOAPPart().getContent();
System.out.println("SOAP Body" + response.getSOAPBody());
// Set output transformation
StreamResult result = new StreamResult(System.out);
tf.transform(sc, result);
System.out.println();
// Close connection
connection.close();
System.out.println("\nResponse =\n" + response);
catch (Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
Pl. reply as soon as possible
Thanks in advance