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Hi all,
I'm testing Axis2-1.4/RC2 and its JAX-WS handler framework implementation. I noticed some unconformities with the JAX-WS specification:
I have a handler chain with Handler1, Handler2, Handler3 and Handler4. The four of them have handleMessage(), handleFault() and close() methods as well as init() and destroy() methods annotated with @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy respectively. When a message arrives init() is executed on all handlers, then on the inbound direction Handler3's handleMessage() method throws a ProtocolException -> then the chain is reverted and handleFault() is invoked on Handler2 and Handler1, then close() on Handler 1, 2 and 3. As far as I understand from the JAX-WS 2.0 specification this is the expected behavior. So here I expect all @PreDestroy methods to be executed and that's all for the handler-chain. BUT instead I can see that an outbound execution starts (with OUTBOUND_PROPERTY = true) and handleFault() is called (again) on all four handlers from 4 to 1, then close() on all handlers (again) and at the end destroy() on all handlers.
I guess that somewhere you miss to check for errors on the inbound chain execution and a complete outbound chain is executed no matter what happened on the inbound direction. I think it is important to fix this.
Thanks.
Regards,
Misho