[jbossws-dev] Re: Support Case - The method 'unbindRequestMessage' causes problems for AmberPoint Active Agents.

[Thomas Diesler]

Hi Darran,

JAXWS handlers require an object view of the payload as well as a DOM
view of the message. Message unbinding must therefore already have taken
place before the message traverses the user defined handler chain.

If a handler modifies the DOM view, the message must be unbound again.

cheers
-thomas

On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 12:59 +0100, Darran Lofthouse wrote:
> Looking at the commits that have gone into the AmberPoint patch I have
> found there is one issue that has yet to go upstream so I just need to
> run this past you to double check if this is a scenario we should be
> supporting.
> 
> Basically the client has a handler defined that is encrypting the
> contents of the operation element.  
> 
> They have configured the endpoint with an ENDPOINT handler which
> decrypts the message.
> 
> However the order of calls when a message is received is that the
> pre-handler-chain is called, then we call 'unbindRequestMessage' and
> call the endpoint handler chain and the 'post-handler-chain' - if the
> message was modified we call 'unbindRequestMessage' a second time.
> 
> >From the AmberPoint perspective this is causing them a problem as the
> first call to 'unbindRequestMessage' is before they have decrypted the
> message.
> 
> Our security implementation works by using a post handler on the client
> side and a  pre handler on the endpoint side so this is called before
> the first 'unbindRequestMessage'.
> 
> It does sound like our first call to 'unbindRequestMessage' should be
> after the endpoint handlers have been called as otherwise it severely
> restricts what the handlers configured using the standard descriptors
> can actually do but there may be a reason why you have set the order the
> way you have. 
> 
> https://na1.salesforce.com/500300000035WqW
> 
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