Minor changes, due to code review by Juergen.

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/WebServiceMessageFactory.java

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 public interface WebServiceMessageFactory {
 
     /**
-     * Creates a new, empty {@link WebServiceMessage}.
+     * Creates a new, empty <code>WebServiceMessage</code>.
      *
      * @return the empty message
      */
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ public interface WebServiceMessageFactory {
     /**
      * Reads {@link WebServiceMessage} from the given input stream.
      * <p/>
-     * If the given stream is an instance of {@link org.springframework.ws.transport.TransportOutputStream
-     * TransportOutputStream}, the headers will be read from the request.
+     * If the given stream is an instance of {@link org.springframework.ws.transport.TransportInputStream
+     * TransportInputStream}, the headers will be read from the request.
      *
      * @param inputStream the inputstream to read the message from
      * @return the created message

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/endpoint/TransformerObjectSupport.java

@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ public abstract class TransformerObjectSupport {
 
     private static TransformerFactory transformerFactory;
 
+    static {
+        transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new <code>Transformer</code>. Must be called per request, as transformer is not thread-safe.
      *
@@ -50,23 +54,7 @@ public abstract class TransformerObjectSupport {
      *          if thrown by JAXP methods
      */
     protected final Transformer createTransformer() throws TransformerConfigurationException {
-        if (transformerFactory == null) {
-            transformerFactory = createTransformerFactory();
-        }
         return transformerFactory.newTransformer();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Create a <code>TransformerFactory</code> that this endpoint will use to create <code>Transformer</code>s. Can be
-     * overridden in subclasses, adding further initialization of the factory. The resulting
-     * <code>TransformerFactory</code> is cached, so this method will only be called once.
-     *
-     * @return the created <code>TransformerFactory</code>
-     * @throws TransformerFactoryConfigurationError
-     *          if thrown by JAXP methods
-     */
-    protected TransformerFactory createTransformerFactory() throws TransformerFactoryConfigurationError {
-        return TransformerFactory.newInstance();
-    }
-
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/TransportContextHolder.java

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ package org.springframework.ws.transport;
  */
 public abstract class TransportContextHolder {
 
-    private static final ThreadLocal transportContextHolder = new InheritableThreadLocal();
+    private static final ThreadLocal transportContextHolder = new ThreadLocal();
 
     /**
      * Associate the given <code>TransportContext</code> with the current thread.