Logging request/response with Apache CXF as XML

xml cxf webservice-client
irishguy picture irishguy · Jan 4, 2011 · Viewed 64.8k times · Source

Is it possible to log the request/response as XML using CXF, ideally to a separate file so I can monitor what an application is doing?

Answer

Asturio picture Asturio · Mar 16, 2011

So, I tried a little more with this. To get the XML Request and Replies logged, and if you are using Log4J, you need to set the Log-level of CXF in the log4j.xml file like this (>= INFO):

<logger name="org.apache.cxf" >
    <level value="INFO" />
</logger>

And the cxf.xml file should contains this:

<cxf:bus>
    <cxf:features>
        <cxf:logging/>
    </cxf:features>
</cxf:bus>

Both files should be in the CLASSPATH.

To display the soap message add this to your code:

Client client = ClientProxy.getClient(service);
client.getInInterceptors().add(new LoggingInInterceptor());
client.getOutInterceptors().add(new LoggingOutInterceptor());

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