Receiving request parameters as null for SOAP API in STS - spring-boot

Question

I'm calling an endpoint from SOAP-UI for a POST request.
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:fet="http://www.example.com/fetchMKDataRequest.xsd">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<fet:fetchMKDataRequest>
<fet:MKDataList>
<fet:CompanyCode>123</fet:CompanyCode>
<fet:PersonnelAreaCode>XYZ</fet:PersonnelAreaCode>
</fet:MKDataList>
</fet:fetchMKDataRequest>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
My endpoint is recognised along with the request body. BUT the value of MKDataList appears null as shown below:
My Endpoint class looks like :
#Endpoint
public class FetchMKDataEndpoint {
private static final String NAMESPACE_URI = "http://example.com/fetchMKDataRequest.xsd";
#PayloadRoot(namespace = NAMESPACE_URI, localPart = "fetchMKDataRequest")
#ResponsePayload
public FetchMKDataResponse fetchMKData(#RequestPayload FetchMKDataRequest request) {
System.out.println("reached FETCHMKDATA endpoint");
FetchMKDataResponse response = new FetchMKDataResponse();
//commented block of code
return response;
}
}
Request model is as follows. It was generated using jaxb2-maven-plugin. I had to remove the annotations #XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD) & #XmlType for each class. Also I had to assign #XmlElement(name = "MKDataList", required = true), all such #XmlElements at respective GET methods. Without doing these 2 changes, i was getting x counts of IllegalAnnotationExceptions exception in SOAP-UI response.
#XmlRootElement(name = "fetchMKDataRequest", namespace="http://www.example.com/fetchMKDataRequest.xsd")
public class FetchMKDataRequest {
protected List<FetchMKDataRequest.MKDataList> MKDataList;
#XmlElement(name = "MKDataList", required = true)
public List<FetchMKDataRequest.MKDataList> getMKDataList() {
if (MKDataList == null) {
MKDataList = new ArrayList<FetchMKDataRequest.MKDataList>();
}
return this.MKDataList;
}
public void setMKDataList(List<FetchMKDataRequest.MKDataList> mKDataList) {
mKDataList = mKDataList;
}
public static class MKDataList implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
protected String companyCode;
protected String personnelAreaCode;
#XmlElement(name = "CompanyCode", required = true)
public String getCompanyCode() {
return companyCode;
}
public void setCompanyCode(String value) {
this.companyCode = value;
}
#XmlElement(name = "PersonnelAreaCode", required = true)
public String getPersonnelAreaCode() {
return personnelAreaCode;
}
public void setPersonnelAreaCode(String value) {
this.personnelAreaCode = value;
}
}
}
Can anything be done to get MKDataList object in the request body as NOT null?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I made changes in my request model and added package-info.java in the request model package.
Request model class:
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
#XmlType(name = "", propOrder = { "mkDataList" })
#XmlRootElement(name = "fetchMKDataRequest", namespace="http://www.example.com/fetchMKDataRequest.xsd")
public class FetchMKDataRequest {
#XmlElement(name = "MKDataList", required = true)
protected List<FetchMKDataRequest.MKDataList> mkDataList;
public List<FetchMKDataRequest.MKDataList> getMKDataList() {
if (mkDataList == null) {
mkDataList = new ArrayList<FetchMKDataRequest.MKDataList>();
}
return mkDataList;
}
public void setMkDataList(List<FetchMKDataRequest.MKDataList> mkDataList) {
this.mkDataList = mkDataList;
}
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
#XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
"functionalAreaSubGroup",
"personnelAreaCode"
})
public static class MKDataList {
#XmlElement(name = "FunctionalAreaSubGroup", required = true)
protected String functionalAreaSubGroup;
#XmlElement(name = "PersonnelAreaCode", required = true)
protected String personnelAreaCode;
public String getFunctionalAreaSubGroup() {
return functionalAreaSubGroup;
}
public void setFunctionalAreaSubGroup(String value) {
this.functionalAreaSubGroup = value;
}
public String getPersonnelAreaCode() {
return personnelAreaCode;
}
public void setPersonnelAreaCode(String value) {
this.personnelAreaCode = value;
}
}
}
package-info.java:
#javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema(namespace = "http://www.example.com/fetchMKDataRequest.xsd", elementFormDefault = javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlNsForm.QUALIFIED)
package com.example.model.request;
This worked for me. You can define multiple namespaces in 'package-info' class for multiple request/response models.