Problem using Handler chain with JAXWS

Question

Hi, I want to use handler chain on a web service and I'm not sure if I understood correctly how it works. In every example I found on the web the handler chain is applied on the client side (the binding is made on the generated client side). So, when I send a request the handler catch an outbound message and when the web service respond, it receive an inbound message. The problem is that I would like to link the handler on the server side, i.e. when the web service receive a request, the handler receives an inbound message and when the WS respond it receives an outbound message.
Is it possible to do so?? I mean, it makes no sense to link the handler on the client side, since I don't have control on the client side, I produce web services and I want to apply some handlers at this level.
Any idea??? Or is there something that I didn't understand about handler chains??
Thanks,
Korg

Answer 1

Hello again, I finally found how to do what I wanted to do. The problem came from different examples I found on the web. In my handler.xml file, the structure must be something like:
<jws:handler-chains xmlns:jws="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee">
<jws:handler-chain>
<jws:handler>
<jws:handler-class>........</jws:handler-class>
</jws:handler>
</jws:handler-chain>
</jws:handler-chains>
In many examples, there is an element at the root that is "handler-config" and it doesn't work if I use it this way. Here's an example of a handler.xml file that doesn't work:
<handler-config>
<handler-chains>
<handler-chain>
<handler>
<handler-class>............</handler-class>
</handler>
</handler-chain>
</handler-chains>
</handler-config>
Korg