[AXIS-2754] SOAPEnvelope addHeader modifies message body/removes whitespace

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.4
• Component/s: Basic Architecture
• Environment: java 1.4.2
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Gil Bates
• Created: 25/Jul/08 09:21
• Updated: 09/Feb/13 15:25

Description

Code:

Message msg=...;

org.w3c.dom.Element element = ...;
....
msg.getMessage().getSOAPEnvelope().addHeader(new SOAPHeaderElement(element));

effect:

some whitespace information is removed from the message body although only the header should be affected from above lines

assuming the original message is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soap-env:Envelope xmlns:soap-env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap-env:Body>
<GetWeather xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET">
<CityName>Hamburg</CityName>
<CountryName>Germany</CountryName>
</GetWeather>
</soap-env:Body>
</soap-env:Envelope>

Result is

...</soap-env:Header><soap-env:Body id="Body"><GetWeather xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET">
<CityName>Hamburg</CityName>
<CountryName>Germany</CountryName>
</GetWeather></soap-env:Body></soap-env:Envelope>

That means, digital signatures etc. can become void.
This makes Aixs unusable for signatures etc.

Or, is there a simple way to avoid this?