[jboss-dev-forums] [JBoss Web Services Development] - Re: Can I modify the HandlerChain at deploy time?

> in 4) you should check if there's a WebServicesMetaData attachment; if that's the case, you need to update the existing one, otherwsise the data in it would be lost Yes, that makes sense. I couldn't find a reference to webservices.xml in the JAX-WS spes. Is this just a JAX-RPC feature?

> regarding your logic for updating the WS_ENDPOINT_HANDLERS_MAPPING_KEY instead, I believe you should have that run after Phase.PARSE_JAXWS_HANDLER_CHAIN_ANNOTATION but before Phase.PARSE_JAXWS_HANDLER_CREATE_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTIONS, as there's a DUP registered at that phase which should be reading the data. You might need to shift Phase.PARSE_JAXWS_ENDPOINT_CREATE_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTIONS and Phase.PARSE_JAXWS_HANDLER_CREATE_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTIONS values down a bit, just be sure to keep the rest of the ordering. I think this is what I have with the following? | | public static final int PARSE_JAXWS_HANDLER_CHAIN_ANNOTATION    | = 0x2055; | | | public static final int PARSE_TXFRAMEWORK_HANDLERS              | = 0x2056; | | | public static final int PARSE_WS_JMS_INTEGRATION                | = 0x2057; | | | public static final int PARSE_JAXWS_ENDPOINT_CREATE_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTIONS | = 0x2058; | | | public static final int PARSE_JAXWS_HANDLER_CREATE_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTIONS | = 0x2059; |

> to answer your question on the actual need for populating WS_ENDPOINT_HANDLERS_MAPPING_KEY attachment, yeah, that's required for having the AS7 components properly created for your handlers too. What AS7 components do you mean here?