diff --git a/spring-integration-ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WsIntegrationConfigurationInitializer.java b/spring-integration-ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WsIntegrationConfigurationInitializer.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.integration.ws.config;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
+import org.springframework.integration.config.IntegrationConfigurationInitializer;
+import org.springframework.ws.server.EndpointAdapter;
+import org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.adapter.MessageEndpointAdapter;
+
+/**
+ * The {@link IntegrationConfigurationInitializer} implementation for the WebService module.
+ * Registers {@link MessageEndpointAdapter} bean, because the usage of
+ * {@link org.springframework.ws.config.annotation.EnableWs} switches off the registration for the
+ * {@link MessageEndpointAdapter} as one of the default strategies.
+ * The {@link org.springframework.ws.config.annotation.EnableWs}
+ * registers only the {@link org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.adapter.DefaultMethodEndpointAdapter},
+ * which isn't appropriate for the {@link org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.MessageEndpoint} implementations.
+ *
+ *
+ * @author Artem Bilan
+ * @since 4.3
+ * @see org.springframework.ws.config.annotation.EnableWs
+ * @see org.springframework.ws.server.MessageDispatcher
+ */
+public class WsIntegrationConfigurationInitializer implements IntegrationConfigurationInitializer {
+
+ private static final String MESSAGE_ENDPOINT_ADAPTER_BEAN_NAME = "integrationWsMessageEndpointAdapter";
+
+ private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(WsIntegrationConfigurationInitializer.class);
+
+ @Override
+ public void initialize(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
+ if (beanFactory instanceof BeanDefinitionRegistry) {
+ if (beanFactory.getBeanNamesForType(EndpointAdapter.class, false, false).length > 0) {
+ BeanDefinitionBuilder requestMappingBuilder =
+ BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(MessageEndpointAdapter.class);
+ requestMappingBuilder.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
+ ((BeanDefinitionRegistry) beanFactory).registerBeanDefinition(MESSAGE_ENDPOINT_ADAPTER_BEAN_NAME,
+ requestMappingBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+ logger.warn("'IntegrationRequestMappingHandlerMapping' isn't registered because 'beanFactory'" +
+ " isn't an instance of `BeanDefinitionRegistry`.");
+ }
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-integration-ws/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/spring-integration-ws/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
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+org.springframework.integration.config.IntegrationConfigurationInitializer=\
+org.springframework.integration.ws.config.WsIntegrationConfigurationInitializer
diff --git a/spring-integration-ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/WebServiceInboundGatewayJavaConfigTests.java b/spring-integration-ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/WebServiceInboundGatewayJavaConfigTests.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.integration.ws;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import javax.xml.transform.Result;
+import javax.xml.transform.Source;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.integration.annotation.IntegrationComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.integration.annotation.MessagingGateway;
+import org.springframework.integration.annotation.Transformer;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.DirectChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.config.EnableIntegration;
+import org.springframework.integration.transformer.ExpressionEvaluatingTransformer;
+import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
+import org.springframework.messaging.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.messaging.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.ws.config.annotation.EnableWs;
+import org.springframework.ws.context.MessageContext;
+import org.springframework.ws.server.EndpointMapping;
+import org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.MessageEndpoint;
+import org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.annotation.Endpoint;
+import org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.annotation.PayloadRoot;
+import org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.annotation.RequestPayload;
+import org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.mapping.UriEndpointMapping;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.SoapMessage;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.server.SoapMessageDispatcher;
+import org.springframework.ws.transport.WebServiceMessageReceiver;
+import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringSource;
+
+/**
+ * @author Artem Bilan
+ * @since 4.3
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@DirtiesContext
+public class WebServiceInboundGatewayJavaConfigTests {
+
+ @Autowired
+ private WebServiceMessageReceiver messageReceiver;
+
+ @Autowired
+ private PollableChannel webserviceRequestsQueue;
+
+ @Test
+ public void testWebServiceInboundGatewayJavaConfig() throws Exception {
+ MessageContext context = mock(MessageContext.class);
+ SoapMessage request = mock(SoapMessage.class);
+ SoapMessage response = mock(SoapMessage.class);
+
+ String input = "";
+ Source payloadSource = new StringSource(input);
+ StringWriter output = new StringWriter();
+ Result payloadResult = new StreamResult(output);
+
+ when(context.getResponse()).thenReturn(response);
+ when(response.getPayloadResult()).thenReturn(payloadResult);
+ when(context.getRequest()).thenReturn(request);
+ when(request.getPayloadSource()).thenReturn(payloadSource);
+
+ this.messageReceiver.receive(context);
+
+ assertTrue(output.toString().endsWith(input));
+
+
+ context = mock(MessageContext.class);
+ request = mock(SoapMessage.class);
+
+ payloadSource = new StringSource("");
+
+ when(context.getRequest()).thenReturn(request);
+ when(request.getPayloadSource()).thenReturn(payloadSource);
+
+ this.messageReceiver.receive(context);
+
+ Message> receive = this.webserviceRequestsQueue.receive(10000);
+ assertNotNull(receive);
+ assertThat(receive.getPayload(), instanceOf(Element.class));
+ Element order = (Element) receive.getPayload();
+ assertEquals("order", order.getLocalName());
+ }
+
+ @Configuration
+ @EnableIntegration
+ @EnableWs
+ @IntegrationComponentScan
+ public static class ContextConfiguration {
+
+ @Bean
+ public WebServiceMessageReceiver messageDispatcher() {
+ return new SoapMessageDispatcher();
+ }
+
+ @Bean
+ public EndpointMapping uriEndpointMapping() {
+ UriEndpointMapping endpointMapping = new UriEndpointMapping();
+ endpointMapping.setDefaultEndpoint(wsGateway());
+ return endpointMapping;
+ }
+
+ @Bean
+ public MessageEndpoint wsGateway() {
+ SimpleWebServiceInboundGateway gateway = new SimpleWebServiceInboundGateway();
+ gateway.setRequestChannel(gatewayRequests());
+ return gateway;
+ }
+
+ @Bean
+ public MessageChannel gatewayRequests() {
+ return new DirectChannel();
+ }
+
+ @Bean
+ @Transformer(inputChannel = "gatewayRequests")
+ public ExpressionEvaluatingTransformer transformer() {
+ return new ExpressionEvaluatingTransformer(new SpelExpressionParser().parseExpression("payload.toString()"));
+ }
+
+ @Bean
+ public PollableChannel webserviceRequestsQueue() {
+ return new QueueChannel();
+ }
+
+ }
+
+ @Endpoint
+ @MessagingGateway(defaultRequestChannel = "webserviceRequestsQueue")
+ interface WebService {
+
+ @PayloadRoot(localPart = "order")
+ void order(@RequestPayload Element orderElement);
+
+ }
+
+}