SOAP Header Diagnostic Extraction for Web Service Troubleshooting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Troubleshooting SOAP-based web services is challenging due to the difficulty in diagnosing issues such as non-return, delayed, or incorrect responses, which often requires extensive and burdensome logging of all web service actions, leading to processing overhead and unnecessary message traffic.
Innovation Solution
Modifying the SOAP request to include a diagnostic request that logs specific actions related to the SOAP-based web service, allowing the application server to log and include diagnostic information in the SOAP response, enabling targeted and efficient diagnosis without logging all web service actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If a logging function is turned on to diagnose web service problems, then diagnostic capability is improved, but processing burden and message traffic increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary diagnostic information from the complete web service execution log and places it in the SOAP header. This separates the diagnostic function from the complete processing log, allowing troubleshooting without capturing all web service actions, thereby reducing processing burden while maintaining diagnostic capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the diagnostic information from the complete web service execution by using SOAP headers specifically for diagnostic data. This segmentation allows the diagnostic information to be transmitted independently without requiring logging of all web service actions, reducing overall processing burden while maintaining effective diagnostic capability.
2Loss of information
If all web service actions are logged for troubleshooting, then diagnostic information completeness is improved, but message traffic and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential diagnostic information needed for troubleshooting from the complete web service execution and places it in the SOAP header. This extraction approach ensures diagnostic information completeness for troubleshooting while avoiding the transmission of unnecessary web service action logs, thereby reducing message traffic.
3Productivity
If diagnostic logging is enabled for specific SOAP requests, then troubleshooting efficiency is improved, but implementation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the SOAP header multi-functional by using it for both existing SOAP purposes and diagnostic information transmission. This universal approach allows diagnostic logging for specific SOAP requests without requiring a completely new diagnostic system, thereby improving troubleshooting efficiency while limiting implementation complexity through reuse of existing infrastructure.
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AI summary
The embodiments presented herein provide systems, methods, and data structures for troubleshooting particular SOAP-based web service process flow. The SOAP request can be modified to include a diagnostic request in the SOAP request. Upon receiving the SOAP request, the application server can log actions related to the SOAP-based web service into the header of the SOAP response. The application server can complete the SOAP-based web service and send the SOAP response to the user. The user can then be presented with the logging in the header to facilitate the diagnosis of problems with the web service. Without causing unneeded logging at the application server, the present embodiments allow a user to diagnose and test web services.