Modifying Web Service Endpoint at Runtime

Recently, we came across an issue where we had to modify the end points of several previously generated web service proxies for a application with the requirement to run on a number of different environments.

The initial thought was that we could do this through an ANT script. However, this became very messing, very fast. So after a bit of think I realised the endpoint was in the request and the request could be modified.

Hence the below code refers the to the ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY property key for the request. Allowing you to modify the endpoint at run time before the request is sent. Opening the door to modify the endpoint to a string specified within a database or property file.

 TestWebService webservice = testWebServiceServiceagent.getTestWebserviceSOAPHTTPEndpoint();  ((BindingProvider)webservice).getRequestContext().put(BindingProvider.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY, "new end point");