Configuring the WSS4J Interceptors

To enable WS-Security within CXF for a server or a client, you'll need to set up the WSS4J interceptors. You can either do this via the API for standalone web services or via Spring XML configuration for servlet-hosted ones. This section will provide an overview of how to do this, and the following sections will go into more detail about configuring the interceptors for specific security actions.

It is important to note that:

1. If you are using CXF 2.0.x, you must add the SAAJ(In/Out)Interceptors if you're using WS-Security (This is done automatically for you from CXF 2.1 onwards). These enable creation of a DOM tree for each request/response. The support libraries for WS-Security require DOM trees.

2. The web service provider may not need both in and out WS-Security interceptors. For instance, if you are just requiring signatures on incoming messages, the web service provider will just need an incoming WSS4J interceptor and only the SOAP client will need an outgoing one.