JAX-RPC Client Handler

Question

Hi All,
I am trying to get a simple example client handler to work using JAX-RPC DII.
The web serivice is a simple one that just returns Hello + name..
Here is the client code:
public class Main {
     * @param args the command line arguments
    private static String BODY_NAMESPACE_VALUE = "http://helloservice/";
    private static String NS_XSD = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
    private static String ENCODING_STYLE_PROPERTY = "javax.xml.rpc.encodingstyle.namespace.uri";
    private static String URI_ENCODING ="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/";
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
                 String url ="http://localhost:8080/HelloService/MyHelloService";
                 QName serviceName   = new QName(BODY_NAMESPACE_VALUE,"MyHelloServiceService");
                 QName portTypeName = new QName(BODY_NAMESPACE_VALUE, "MyHelloServicePort");
                 ServiceFactory factory = ServiceFactory.newInstance();
                 Service service = factory.createService(serviceName);
                 Call call = service.createCall();
                 call.setPortTypeName(portTypeName);
                 call.setOperationName(new QName(BODY_NAMESPACE_VALUE, "sayHello"));
                 call.setTargetEndpointAddress(url);
                 call.setProperty(ENCODING_STYLE_PROPERTY,"");
                 //call.setProperty(ENCODING_STYLE_PROPERTY,URI_ENCODING);
                 call.setProperty(Call.OPERATION_STYLE_PROPERTY, "rpc");
                 QName QNAME_TYPE_STRING = new QName(NS_XSD, "string");
                 call.setReturnType(QNAME_TYPE_STRING);
                 call.addParameter("name", QNAME_TYPE_STRING, ParameterMode.IN);
                 String[] params = { "Murph!" };
                 HandlerRegistry hr = service.getHandlerRegistry();
                 List<HandlerInfo> list = new ArrayList<HandlerInfo>();
                 HandlerInfo hi = new HandlerInfo(ClientSOAPHandler1.class, null,null);
                 list.add(hi);
                 HandlerInfo hi2 = new HandlerInfo(ClientLogicalHandler1.class, null,null);
                 list.add(hi2);
                 hr.setHandlerChain(portTypeName, list);
                 String result = (String)call.invoke(params);
                 System.out.println(result);
        } catch (ServiceException e)
            e.printStackTrace();
        catch (RemoteException e)
            e.printStackTrace();
}And the code for the Handlers:
public class ClientSOAPHandler1 extends ClientSOAPHandlerBase
    private final String HANDLERNAME="ClientSOAPHandler1";
    public ClientSOAPHandler1(){
       super();
       super.setHandlerName(HANDLERNAME);
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.ws.handler.MessageContext;
import javax.xml.ws.handler.soap.SOAPHandler;
import javax.xml.ws.handler.soap.SOAPMessageContext;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
public class ClientSOAPHandlerBase implements SOAPHandler<SOAPMessageContext>
    private String handlerName=null;
    public void setHandlerName(String h) {
        this.handlerName=h;
    public String getHandlerName() {
        return this.handlerName;
    @PostConstruct
    public void myInit() {
        System.out.println("------------------------------------");
        System.out.println("in "+handlerName+":myInit");
        System.out.println("exiting "+handlerName+":myInit");
        System.out.println("------------------------------------");
    @PreDestroy
    public void myDestroy() {
        System.out.println("------------------------------------");
        System.out.println("in "+handlerName+":myDestroy");
        System.out.println("exiting "+handlerName+":myDestroy");
        System.out.println("------------------------------------");
    public Set<QName> getHeaders() {
        return new TreeSet<QName>();
    public boolean handleMessage(SOAPMessageContext context) {
        System.out.println("------------------------------------");
        System.out.println("in "+handlerName+":handleMessage");
        boolean direction= ((Boolean)context.get(SOAPMessageContext.MESSAGE_OUTBOUND_PROPERTY)).booleanValue();
        if (direction) {
            System.out.println("direction = outbound");
        } else {
            System.out.println("direction = inbound");
        dumpMsg(context);
        System.out.println("exiting "+handlerName+":handleMessage");
        System.out.println("------------------------------------");
        return true;
    public void close(MessageContext context) {
        System.out.println("------------------------------------");
        System.out.println("in "+handlerName+":close");
        System.out.println("exiting "+handlerName+":close");
        System.out.println("------------------------------------");
    public boolean handleFault(SOAPMessageContext context) {
        System.out.println("------------------------------------");
        System.out.println("in "+handlerName+":handleFault");
        System.out.println("exiting "+handlerName+":handleFault");
        System.out.println("------------------------------------");
        return true;
    public void dumpMsg(MessageContext context) {
       try {
          SOAPMessage soapmsg = ((SOAPMessageContext)context).getMessage();
          System.out.println("MSG="+getMsgAsString(soapmsg));
       } catch (Exception e) {
           e.printStackTrace();
       return;
    public String getMsgAsString(SOAPMessage message) {
        String msg  = null;
        try {
            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            message.writeTo(baos);
            msg = baos.toString();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        return msg;
}The output is as follows:
run:
Hello Murph!
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 1 second)
This should print out the various println statements in the Handler, but it doesnt :(- How come? What am I missing?
I have searched everywhere trying to find the proper way to get a client side handler to work and have had luck. Additionally, I really really need this to work....if anyone could provide help, it would be VERY appreciated...pretty please
Thanks,
Daniel

Answer 1

Any Ideas Anyone?????