Sample 51: MTOM and SwA Optimizations and Request/Response Correlation

<definitions xmlns="http://ws.apache.org/ns/synapse"> <sequence name="main"> <in> <filter source="get-property('Action')" regex="urn:uploadFileUsingMTOM"> <then> <property name="example" value="mtom"/> <send> <endpoint> <address uri="http://localhost:9000/services/MTOMSwASampleService" optimize="mtom"/> </endpoint> </send> </then> </filter> <filter source="get-property('Action')" regex="urn:uploadFileUsingSwA"> <then> <property name="example" value="swa"/> <send> <endpoint> <address uri="http://localhost:9000/services/MTOMSwASampleService" optimize="swa"/> </endpoint> </send> </then> </filter> </in> <out> <filter source="get-property('example')" regex="mtom"> <then> <property name="enableMTOM" value="true" scope="axis2"/> </then> </filter> <filter source="get-property('example')" regex="swa"> <then> <property name="enableSwA" value="true" scope="axis2"/> </then> </filter> <send/> </out> </sequence> </definitions>

Objective

Demonstrate the use of content optimization mechanisms like MTOM and SwA with Synapse.

Pre-requisites

  • Deploy the MTOMSwASampleService in the sample Axis2 server and start Axis2
  • Start Synapse using the configuration numbered 51 (repository/conf/sample/synapse_sample_51.xml)
    Unix/Linux: sh synapse.sh -sample 51
    Windows: synapse.bat -sample 51

Executing the Client

Execute the client as follows to send a MTOM optimized request to Synapse.

ant optimizeclient -Dopt_mode=mtom

Synapse sets a local message context property, and forwards the message to 'http://localhost:9000/services/MTOMSwASampleService', while optimizing binary content as MTOM. By sending this message through TCPMon you will be able to see the actual message sent by Synapse if required.

POST /services/MTOMSwASampleService HTTP/1.1 Host: 127.0.0.1 SOAPAction: urn:uploadFileUsingMTOM Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary=MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_B94996494E1DD5F9B51177413845353; type="application/xop+xml"; start="<0.urn:uuid:B94996494E1DD5F9B51177413845354@apache.org>"; start-info="text/xml"; charset=UTF-8 Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: Keep-Alive User-Agent: Synapse-HttpComponents-NIO --MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_B94996494E1DD5F9B51177413845353241 Content-Type: application/xop+xml; charset=UTF-8; type="text/xml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary Content-ID: <0.urn:uuid:B94996494E1DD5F9B51177413845354@apache.org>221b1 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soapenv:Body> <m0:uploadFileUsingMTOM xmlns:m0="http://www.apache-synapse.org/test"> <m0:request> <m0:image> <xop:Include href="cid:1.urn:uuid:78F94BC50B68D76FB41177413845003@apache.org" xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" /> </m0:image> </m0:request> </m0:uploadFileUsingMTOM> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope> --MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_B94996494E1DD5F9B51177413845353217 Content-Type: image/gif Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary Content-ID: <1.urn:uuid:78F94BC50B68D76FB41177413845003@apache.org>22800GIF89a... << binary content >>

During response processing, by checking the local message property Synapse can discover past information about the current message context, and use this knowledge to send the response back to the client in the same format as the original request.

When the client executes successfully, it will upload a file containing the ASF logo and receive a response which is savesd a temporary file.

[java] Sending file : ./../../repository/conf/sample/resources/mtom/asf-logo.gif as MTOM [java] Saved response to file : ./../../work/temp/sampleClient/mtom-4417.gif

Now invoke the client as follows to send a SwA optimized request.

ant optimizeclient -Dopt_mode=swa

This is identical to the previous invocation with only difference being the use of SwA (SOAP with Attachement) instead of MTOM for content optimization. You will get an output similar to following.

[java] Sending file : ./../../repository/conf/sample/resources/mtom/asf-logo.gif as SwA [java] Saved response to file : ./../../work/temp/sampleClient/swa-30391.gif

By using TCPMon and sending the message through it, one can see that the requests and responses sent are indeed sent as HTTP attachments as follows.

POST /services/MTOMSwASampleService HTTP/1.1 Host: 127.0.0.1 SOAPAction: urn:uploadFileUsingSwA Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary=MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_B94996494E1DD5F9B51177414170491; type="text/xml"; start="<0.urn:uuid:B94996494E1DD5F9B51177414170492@apache.org>"; charset=UTF-8 Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: Keep-Alive User-Agent: Synapse-HttpComponents-NIO --MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_B94996494E1DD5F9B51177414170491225 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-ID: <0.urn:uuid:B94996494E1DD5F9B51177414170492@apache.org>22159 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soapenv:Body> <m0:uploadFileUsingSwA xmlns:m0="http://www.apache-synapse.org/test"> <m0:request> <m0:imageId>urn:uuid:15FD2DA2584A32BF7C1177414169826</m0:imageId> </m0:request> </m0:uploadFileUsingSwA> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope>22--34MIMEBoundaryurn_uuid_B94996494E1DD5F9B511774141704912 17 Content-Type: image/gif Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary Content-ID: <urn:uuid:15FD2DA2584A32BF7C1177414169826>22800GIF89a... << binary content >>

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