${something} in soap

Question

I have the following code:

@WebMethod
public String replaceEnvironment(String someVar) {
    return someVar;
}

When i'm trying to send a message with string containing ${something} subsequence, my string is truncated after unmashalling: ${something} substring is dissappeared. What is the reason of this behaviour? I need to have the same string as i send in replaceEnvironment method.

P.S. I don't use libs like Velocity or Freemaker in my project.

SOAP examples.

Request:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"     xmlns:ws="http://ws.test.net/">
    <soapenv:Header/>
    <soapenv:Body>
    <ws:replaceEnvironment>
        <!--Optional:-->
        <arg0>test ${test} test</arg0>
    </ws:replaceEnvironment>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Response:

<S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <S:Body>
        <ns2:replaceEnvironmentResponse xmlns:ns2="http://ws.test.net/">
            <return>test  test</return>
        </ns2:replaceEnvironmentResponse>
    </S:Body>
</S:Envelope>

Thanks.

Answer 1

Are you by any chance making the test call with soapUI?

That gives special meaning to ${xxx} sequences in the request, replacing them with the value of the equivalent soapUI property.

If this is the case, maybe you could use "& # 3 6 ;" (without spaces or quotes) in your request instead of the dollar, and see if soapUI then ignores your sequence and sends it through to your backend code.

HTH