RE: How to make Axis use CommonsHTTPSender?

[Russell, Brian]

Title: Message

Sharon,

I have been attempting the same thing recently using Axis 1.1. I have found the following.

• You need to modify the org/apache/axis/client/client-config.wsdd. Change the line
    <transport name="http" pivot="java:org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender"/> to
    <transport name="http" pivot="java:org.apache.axis.transport.http.CommonsHTTPSender"/>
    You can create a new copy of the wsdd file, and put it in the classpath before the axis.jar(preferred), or replace the copy in the axis.jar.
• I found that I also had to make a couple of changes to the CommonsHTTPSender.java, and rebuild the source to get NTLM authentication to work.
  
    After line 131 (getHostConfiguration()), you need to set the configuration into the httpClient. Add the line
  
    httpClient.setHostConfiguration(hostConfiguration);
  
    After line 282 (setProxyCredentials()), I have added the following
    } else {
        // Default to an NTLM credentials.
        Credentials proxyCred =
           new NTCredentials("username","password","","domain");
           client.getState().setProxyCredentials(null,proxyCred);
  
    I don't consider this a proper solution, since the uesrname,password etc need to be obtained, rather than hardcoded. It does however prove that axis can use the NTLM authentication using CommonsHTTPClient. I am looking at
    how I might be able to determine the appropriate information from the currently logged on user (as happens if you use URLConnection from windows JDK 1.4.2_03), but other tasks are taking priority at the moment.

Hope this helps.

 

Brian.

-----Original Message-----
From: Zhao Sharon-CSC002 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 27 March 2004 04:34
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: How to make Axis use CommonsHTTPSender?


Hello,
  Does anyone know if Axis 1.2 use HTTPSender or CommonsHTTPSender? If not, what's the procedure to have Axis Client use the CommonsHTTPSender? The reason to replace it is to support other type of enterprise of proxy (not only basic).
 
Thanks,

Sharon Zhao
Motorola Inc.