org.apache.axis

Class Message

Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable

public class Message
extends SOAPMessage
implements java.io.Serializable

A complete SOAP (and/or XML-RPC, eventually) message. Includes both the root part (as a SOAPPart), and zero or more MIME attachments (as AttachmentParts).

Eventually should be refactored to generalize SOAPPart for multiple protocols (XML-RPC?).

Authors:
Rob Jellinghaus (robj@unrealities.com)
Doug Davis (dug@us.ibm.com)
Glen Daniels (gdaniels@allaire.com)
Rick Rineholt
Heejune Ahn (cityboy@tmax.co.kr)
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary

static String
DEFAULT_ATTACHMNET_IMPL
Default Attachments Implementation class.
static String
MIME_APPLICATION_DIME
DIME parts defined for messages.
static String
MIME_MULTIPART_RELATED
MIME parts defined for messages.
static String
MIME_UNKNOWN
Look at the input stream to find the headers to decide the mime type.
static String
REQUEST
Message is a request.
static String
RESPONSE
Message is a a response.
protected static Log
log
The Log that this class uses for logging all messages.

Fields inherited from class javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage

CHARACTER_SET_ENCODING, WRITE_XML_DECLARATION

Constructor Summary

Message(Object initialContents)
Construct a Message.
Message(Object initialContents, boolean bodyInStream)
Construct a Message, using the provided initialContents as the contents of the Message's SOAPPart.
Message(Object initialContents, boolean bodyInStream, String contentType, String contentLocation)
Construct a Message, using the provided initialContents as the contents of the Message's SOAPPart.
Message(Object initialContents, boolean bodyInStream, MimeHeaders headers)
Construct a Message, using the provided initialContents as the contents of the Message's SOAPPart.
Message(Object initialContents, MimeHeaders headers)
Construct a Message, using the provided initialContents as the contents of the Message's SOAPPart.

Method Summary

void
addAttachmentPart(AttachmentPart attachmentpart)
Adds the given AttachmentPart object to this SOAPMessage object.
int
countAttachments()
Gets a count of the number of attachments in this message.
AttachmentPart
createAttachmentPart()
Creates a new empty AttachmentPart object.
void
dispose()
Dispose of attachments.
static String
getAttachmentImplClassName()
Returns the name of the class prividing Attachment Implementation.
Iterator
getAttachments()
Retrieves all the AttachmentPart objects that are part of this SOAPMessage object.
Iterator
getAttachments(MimeHeaders headers)
Retrieves all the AttachmentPart objects that have header entries that match the specified headers.
Attachments
getAttachmentsImpl()
Get the Attachments of this Message.
String
getContentDescription()
Retrieves a description of this SOAPMessage object's content.
long
getContentLength()
Get the content length, including both soap and any attachments.
String
getContentType(SOAPConstants sc)
Get the content type of the attachments.
MessageContext
getMessageContext()
Get the context associated with this message.
String
getMessageType()
Get the message type.
MimeHeaders
getMimeHeaders()
Returns all the transport-specific MIME headers for this SOAPMessage object in a transport-independent fashion.
Object
getProperty(String property)
Retrieves value of the specified property.
SOAPBody
getSOAPBody()
Gets the SOAP Body contained in this SOAPMessage object.
SOAPEnvelope
getSOAPEnvelope()
Get this message's SOAPPart as a SOAPEnvelope.
SOAPHeader
getSOAPHeader()
Gets the SOAP Header contained in this SOAPMessage object.
SOAPPart
getSOAPPart()
Get this message's SOAPPart.
byte[]
getSOAPPartAsBytes()
Get a byte array representation of this message's SOAPPart.
String
getSOAPPartAsString()
Get a string representation of this message's SOAPPart.
void
removeAllAttachments()
Removes all AttachmentPart objects that have been added to this SOAPMessage object.
void
saveChanges()
Updates this SOAPMessage object with all the changes that have been made to it.
boolean
saveRequired()
Indicates whether this SOAPMessage object has had the method saveChanges called on it.
void
setContentDescription(String description)
Sets the description of this SOAPMessage object's content with the given description.
void
setMessageContext(MessageContext msgContext)
Set the context associated with this message.
void
setMessageType(String messageType)
Set the message type.
void
setProperty(String property, Object value)
Associates the specified value with the specified property.
void
writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os)
Writes this SOAPMessage object to the given output stream.

Methods inherited from class javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage

addAttachmentPart, countAttachments, createAttachmentPart, createAttachmentPart, createAttachmentPart, getAttachments, getAttachments, getContentDescription, getMimeHeaders, getProperty, getSOAPBody, getSOAPHeader, getSOAPPart, removeAllAttachments, saveChanges, saveRequired, setContentDescription, setProperty, writeTo

Field Details

DEFAULT_ATTACHMNET_IMPL

public static final String DEFAULT_ATTACHMNET_IMPL
Default Attachments Implementation class.

MIME_APPLICATION_DIME

public static final String MIME_APPLICATION_DIME
DIME parts defined for messages.

MIME_MULTIPART_RELATED

public static final String MIME_MULTIPART_RELATED
MIME parts defined for messages.

MIME_UNKNOWN

public static final String MIME_UNKNOWN
Look at the input stream to find the headers to decide the mime type.

REQUEST

public static final String REQUEST
Message is a request.

RESPONSE

public static final String RESPONSE
Message is a a response.

log

protected static Log log
The Log that this class uses for logging all messages.

Constructor Details

Message

public Message(Object initialContents)
Construct a Message. An overload of Message(Object, boolean), defaulting bodyInStream to false.
Parameters:
initialContents - may be String, byte[], InputStream, SOAPEnvelope, or AxisFault

Message

public Message(Object initialContents,
               boolean bodyInStream)
Construct a Message, using the provided initialContents as the contents of the Message's SOAPPart.

Eventually, genericize this to return the RootPart instead, which will have some kind of EnvelopeFactory to enable support for things other than SOAP. But that all will come later, with lots of additional refactoring.

Parameters:
initialContents - may be String, byte[], InputStream, SOAPEnvelope, or AxisFault.
bodyInStream - is true if initialContents is an InputStream containing just the SOAP body (no SOAP-ENV).

Message

public Message(Object initialContents,
               boolean bodyInStream,
               String contentType,
               String contentLocation)
Construct a Message, using the provided initialContents as the contents of the Message's SOAPPart.

Eventually, genericize this to return the RootPart instead, which will have some kind of EnvelopeFactory to enable support for things other than SOAP. But that all will come later, with lots of additional refactoring.

Parameters:
initialContents - may be String, byte[], InputStream, SOAPEnvelope, or AxisFault
bodyInStream - is true if initialContents is an InputStream containing just the SOAP body (no SOAP-ENV)
contentType - this if the contentType has been already determined (as in the case of servlets)
contentLocation - the location of the content

Message

public Message(Object initialContents,
               boolean bodyInStream,
               MimeHeaders headers)
Construct a Message, using the provided initialContents as the contents of the Message's SOAPPart.

Eventually, genericize this to return the RootPart instead, which will have some kind of EnvelopeFactory to enable support for things other than SOAP. But that all will come later, with lots of additional refactoring.

Parameters:
initialContents - may be String, byte[], InputStream, SOAPEnvelope, or AxisFault.
bodyInStream - is true if initialContents is an InputStream containing just the SOAP body (no SOAP-ENV).
headers - Mime Headers.

Message

public Message(Object initialContents,
               MimeHeaders headers)
Construct a Message, using the provided initialContents as the contents of the Message's SOAPPart.

Eventually, genericize this to return the RootPart instead, which will have some kind of EnvelopeFactory to enable support for things other than SOAP. But that all will come later, with lots of additional refactoring.

Parameters:
initialContents - may be String, byte[], InputStream, SOAPEnvelope, or AxisFault.
headers - Mime Headers.

Method Details

addAttachmentPart

public void addAttachmentPart(AttachmentPart attachmentpart)
Adds the given AttachmentPart object to this SOAPMessage object. An AttachmentPart object must be created before it can be added to a message.
Overrides:
addAttachmentPart in interface SOAPMessage
Parameters:
attachmentpart - an AttachmentPart object that is to become part of this SOAPMessage object

countAttachments

public int countAttachments()
Gets a count of the number of attachments in this message. This count does not include the SOAP part.
Overrides:
countAttachments in interface SOAPMessage
Returns:
the number of AttachmentPart objects that are part of this SOAPMessage object

createAttachmentPart

public AttachmentPart createAttachmentPart()
Creates a new empty AttachmentPart object. Note that the method addAttachmentPart must be called with this new AttachmentPart object as the parameter in order for it to become an attachment to this SOAPMessage object.
Overrides:
createAttachmentPart in interface SOAPMessage
Returns:
a new AttachmentPart object that can be populated and added to this SOAPMessage object

dispose

public void dispose()
Dispose of attachments.

getAttachmentImplClassName

public static String getAttachmentImplClassName()
Returns the name of the class prividing Attachment Implementation.
Returns:
class name

getAttachments

public Iterator getAttachments()
Retrieves all the AttachmentPart objects that are part of this SOAPMessage object.
Overrides:
getAttachments in interface SOAPMessage
Returns:
an iterator over all the attachments in this message

getAttachments

public Iterator getAttachments(MimeHeaders headers)
Retrieves all the AttachmentPart objects that have header entries that match the specified headers. Note that a returned attachment could have headers in addition to those specified.
Overrides:
getAttachments in interface SOAPMessage
Parameters:
headers - a MimeHeaders object containing the MIME headers for which to search
Returns:
an iterator over all attachments that have a header that matches one of the given headers

getAttachmentsImpl

public Attachments getAttachmentsImpl()
Get the Attachments of this Message.

If this returns null, then NO ATTACHMENT SUPPORT EXISTS in this configuration of Axis, and no attachment operations may be performed.

Returns:
the Attachments if attachments are supported, null otherwise

getContentDescription

public String getContentDescription()
Retrieves a description of this SOAPMessage object's content.
Overrides:
getContentDescription in interface SOAPMessage
Returns:
a String describing the content of this message or null if no description has been set
See Also:
setContentDescription(java.lang.String)

getContentLength

public long getContentLength()
            throws AxisFault
Get the content length, including both soap and any attachments.
Returns:
the total length of this message in bytes
Throws:
AxisFault - if there was a problem that prevented the length being calculated

getContentType

public String getContentType(SOAPConstants sc)
            throws AxisFault
Get the content type of the attachments.
Parameters:
sc - provides the default content type
Returns:
a String giving the content type of the attachment
Throws:
AxisFault - if there was an error deducing the content type from this message

getMessageContext

public MessageContext getMessageContext()
Get the context associated with this message.
Returns:
the message context for this message

getMessageType

public String getMessageType()
Get the message type.
Returns:
the message type String

getMimeHeaders

public MimeHeaders getMimeHeaders()
Returns all the transport-specific MIME headers for this SOAPMessage object in a transport-independent fashion.
Overrides:
getMimeHeaders in interface SOAPMessage
Returns:
a MimeHeaders object containing the MimeHeader objects

getProperty

public Object getProperty(String property)
            throws SOAPException
Retrieves value of the specified property.
Overrides:
getProperty in interface SOAPMessage
Parameters:
property - the name of the property to retrieve
Returns:
the value of the property or null if no such property exists
Throws:
SOAPException - if the property name is not recognized

getSOAPBody

public SOAPBody getSOAPBody()
            throws SOAPException
Gets the SOAP Body contained in this SOAPMessage object.
Overrides:
getSOAPBody in interface SOAPMessage
Returns:
the SOAPBody object contained by this SOAPMessage object
Throws:
SOAPException - if the SOAP Body does not exist or cannot be retrieved

getSOAPEnvelope

public SOAPEnvelope getSOAPEnvelope()
            throws AxisFault
Get this message's SOAPPart as a SOAPEnvelope.
Returns:
a SOAPEnvelope containing this message's SOAPPart
Throws:
AxisFault - if this failed

getSOAPHeader

public SOAPHeader getSOAPHeader()
            throws SOAPException
Gets the SOAP Header contained in this SOAPMessage object.
Overrides:
getSOAPHeader in interface SOAPMessage
Returns:
the SOAPHeader object contained by this SOAPMessage object
Throws:
SOAPException - if the SOAP Header does not exist or cannot be retrieved

getSOAPPart

public SOAPPart getSOAPPart()
Get this message's SOAPPart.

Eventually, this should be generalized beyond just SOAP, but it's hard to know how to do that without necessitating a lot of casts in client code. Refactoring keeps getting easier anyhow.

Overrides:
getSOAPPart in interface SOAPMessage
Returns:
the soap part of this message

getSOAPPartAsBytes

public byte[] getSOAPPartAsBytes()
            throws AxisFault
Get a byte array representation of this message's SOAPPart.
Returns:
the soap part of this message as a byte[]
Throws:
AxisFault - if creating the byte[] failed

getSOAPPartAsString

public String getSOAPPartAsString()
            throws AxisFault
Get a string representation of this message's SOAPPart.
Returns:
the soap part of this message as a String
Throws:
AxisFault - if the stringification failed

removeAllAttachments

public void removeAllAttachments()
Removes all AttachmentPart objects that have been added to this SOAPMessage object.

This method does not touch the SOAP part.

Overrides:
removeAllAttachments in interface SOAPMessage

saveChanges

public void saveChanges()
            throws SOAPException
Updates this SOAPMessage object with all the changes that have been made to it. This method is called automatically when a message is sent or written to by the methods ProviderConnection.send, SOAPConnection.call, or SOAPMessage.writeTo. However, if changes are made to a message that was received or to one that has already been sent, the method saveChanges needs to be called explicitly in order to save the changes. The method saveChanges also generates any changes that can be read back (for example, a MessageId in profiles that support a message id). All MIME headers in a message that is created for sending purposes are guaranteed to have valid values only after saveChanges has been called.

In addition, this method marks the point at which the data from all constituent AttachmentPart objects are pulled into the message.

Overrides:
saveChanges in interface SOAPMessage
Throws:
SOAPException - if there was a problem saving changes to this message.

saveRequired

public boolean saveRequired()
Indicates whether this SOAPMessage object has had the method saveChanges called on it.
Overrides:
saveRequired in interface SOAPMessage
Returns:
true if saveChanges has been called on this message at least once; false otherwise.

setContentDescription

public void setContentDescription(String description)
Sets the description of this SOAPMessage object's content with the given description.
Overrides:
setContentDescription in interface SOAPMessage
Parameters:
description - a String describing the content of this message

setMessageContext

public void setMessageContext(MessageContext msgContext)
Set the context associated with this message.
Parameters:
msgContext - the message context for this message

setMessageType

public void setMessageType(String messageType)
Set the message type.
Parameters:
messageType - the message type String

setProperty

public void setProperty(String property,
                        Object value)
            throws SOAPException
Associates the specified value with the specified property. If there was already a value associated with this property, the old value is replaced.

The valid property names include WRITE_XML_DECLARATION and CHARACTER_SET_ENCODING. All of these standard SAAJ properties are prefixed by "javax.xml.soap". Vendors may also add implementation specific properties. These properties must be prefixed with package names that are unique to the vendor.

Setting the property WRITE_XML_DECLARATION to "true" will cause an XML Declaration to be written out at the start of the SOAP message. The default value of "false" suppresses this declaration.

The property CHARACTER_SET_ENCODING defaults to the value "utf-8" which causes the SOAP message to be encoded using UTF-8. Setting CHARACTER_SET_ENCODING to "utf-16" causes the SOAP message to be encoded using UTF-16.

Some implementations may allow encodings in addition to UTF-8 and UTF-16. Refer to your vendor's documentation for details.

Overrides:
setProperty in interface SOAPMessage
Parameters:
property - the property with which the specified value is to be associated
value - the value to be associated with the specified property
Throws:
SOAPException - if the property name is not recognized

writeTo

public void writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os)
            throws SOAPException,
                   IOException
Writes this SOAPMessage object to the given output stream. The externalization format is as defined by the SOAP 1.1 with Attachments specification.

If there are no attachments, just an XML stream is written out. For those messages that have attachments, writeTo writes a MIME-encoded byte stream.

Parameters:
os - the OutputStream object to which this SOAPMessage object will be written
Throws:
SOAPException - if there was a problem in externalizing this SOAP message

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