Invalid SOAP action when using java ws WebService

Question

Hi all,
this is a slightly more detailed error for a problem i posted recently. I am connecting to a web service that was generated from WSDL. It has two methods "HelloWorld" and "HelloSayFirstName". As defined in the WSDL, the methods use the SOAP action document style. I want to add a cookie to the http header, so after the port is created, I use the following to add the header to the requestContext:
          BindingProvider bindingProvider = (BindingProvider) servicePort;
          Map<String, Object> requestContext = bindingProvider.getRequestContext();
          List<String> cookies = new ArrayList<String>();
          cookies.add("mycookie=mytoken");
          HashMap<String, List<String>> httpHeaders = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
          httpHeaders.put(HTTPConstants.HEADER_COOKIE, cookies);
          requestContext.put(MessageContext.HTTP_REQUEST_HEADERS, httpHeaders);
This works when I call the first method (HelloWorld) - the first activity message sent to the server contains the following:
<HttpRequest>
<Method>POST</Method>
<QueryString></QueryString>
<WebHeaders>
<Cache-Control>no-cache</Cache-Control>
<Connection>keep-alive</Connection>
<Pragma>no-cache</Pragma>
<Transfer-Encoding>chunked</Transfer-Encoding>
<Content-Type>text/xml; charset=UTF-8</Content-Type>
<Accept>*</Accept>
<Cookie>mycookie=mytoken</Cookie>
<Host>exampleHost</Host>
<User-Agent>Java/1.5.0_14</User-Agent>
<SOAPAction>"http://tempuri.org/IMyService/HelloWorld"</SOAPAction>
</WebHeaders>
</HttpRequest>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<s:Header xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<To s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/05/addressing/none">http://exampleHost/WebServices/WCFService/Service.svc</To>
<Action s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/05/addressing/none">http://tempuri.org/IMyService/HelloWorld</Action>
</s:Header>
<soap:Body>
<HelloWorld xmlns="http://tempuri.org/" xmlns:ns2="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/" xmlns:ns3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/">
<myValue1>world</myValue1>
</HelloWorld>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
However, after this method, the httpHeaders in the requestContext object have been updated to include the "Accept" header and the "SOAPAction" header - which is the incorrect action! Now, when I call the method "HelloSayFirstName" I get the following:
<HttpRequest>
<Method>POST</Method>
<QueryString></QueryString>
<WebHeaders>
<Cache-Control>no-cache</Cache-Control>
<Connection>keep-alive</Connection>
<Pragma>no-cache</Pragma>
<Transfer-Encoding>chunked</Transfer-Encoding>
<Content-Type>text/xml; charset=UTF-8</Content-Type>
<Accept>*</Accept>
<Cookie>mycookie=mytoken</Cookie>
<Host>exampleHost</Host>
<User-Agent>Java/1.5.0_14</User-Agent>
<SOAPAction>"http://tempuri.org/IMyService/HelloWorld"</SOAPAction>
</WebHeaders>
</HttpRequest>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<s:Header xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<To s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/05/addressing/none">http://exampleHost/WebServices/WCFService/Service.svc</To>
<Action s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/05/addressing/none">http://tempuri.org/IMyService/HelloWorld</Action>
</s:Header>
<soap:Body>
<HelloSayFirstName xmlns="http://tempuri.org/" xmlns:ns2="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/" xmlns:ns3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/">
<dataContractValue></dataContractValue>
</HelloSayFirstName>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
It seems that the SOAPAction in the http header and the soap header is incorrect. Is there any reason why the requestContext would keep hold of the action that was previously called, and not use the new action? I'm stumped here - any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.

Answer 1

Does not only happen when using JAX-WS.
the following servlet code is enough to reproduce the problem :
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
response.setContentType("text/xml;charset=\"utf-8\"");
It only occurs on 10.1.3.4.0 (works fine on 10.1.3.3.0 and 11.1.1.1.0 TP4)
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