IJ18352: WEBSERVICE LISTENER ALLOW FILTER TO SUBSTITUTE THE INCOMING SOAPACTION HEADER

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IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact V7.1.0 Fix Pack 18 (7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0018)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer's applicatuon needs to be able to supply a value for
  SOAPAction header when making calls to the Impact Web Service
  Listener when the Web Service Listener expects a blank value.
  
  Need to be able to filter this and substitute the incoming
  SOAPAction header, replacing it with a blank value.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All Impact Users                                             *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When invoking the web service listener for Netcool/Impact,   *
  * the SOAPAction header value should be set to a blank or      *
  * empty string. If the SOAPAction header is set to anything    *
  * else, the listener will return a SOAP fault with the error   *
  * message, "The given SOAPAction <SOAP_ACTION_VALUE> does not  *
  * match an operation".                                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Invoking the web service listener with anything other than a
  non-whitespace string will result in the soap request failing.
  This can be problematic for SOAP clients that require a
  non-whitespace value for the SOAPAction header since attempting
  to invoke the web service listener with an arbitary value for
  the SOAPAction header value will result in a soap request error.
  
  <soap:Fault>
    <faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode>
    <faultstring>The given SOAPAction <SOAP_ACTION_VALUE> does not
  match an operation</faultstring>
  </soap:Fault>
  

Problem conclusion

• A new servlet filter, SoapActionFilter can be deployed to
  intercept and correct incoming SOAPAction headers.
  
  To deploy the filter, add the following XML statements to
  <$IMPACT_HOME>/wlp/usr/servers/<INSTANCE>/apps/<INSTANCE>.ear/ja
  xws.war/WEB-INF/web.xml
  
  &#160;&#160;<filter>
  &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<filter-name>SoapActionFilter</filter-name>
  &#160;&#160;&#160;
  <filter-class>com.micromuse.common.http.filter.SoapActionFilter<
  /filter-class>
  &#160;&#160;</filter>
  &#160;
  &#160;&#160;<filter-mapping>
  &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<filter-name>SoapActionFilter</filter-name>
  &#160;&#160;&#160;
  <url-pattern>/impact/ImpactWebServiceListenerDLIfc</url-pattern>
  &#160;&#160;</filter-mapping>
  &#160;
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  |Fix Pack | 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0018
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• UNKNOWN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  NETCOOL/IMPACT

• Fixed component ID

  5724O59IS

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSY

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