Problems creating SAAJ object model

Getting wsse enabled in Oracle WebLogic 10.3.x (11g) using CXF as a web service engine and Maven as a build tool proved to be a bit of a challenge. After many Google searches that came up empty, the solution included the following elements.

1) Do not package saaj-api.jar or any saaj-impl.jar with a war or ear deployed into WebLogic.

This requires a bit of work in the pom.xml files that build your project. Many of the CXF libraries have dependencies on saaj-api.jar and saaj-impl.jar so in the in all places where there is a direct or transitive dependency on a CXF library, those need to be excluded.

Example:

<dependency> 
    <groupid>org.apache.cxf</groupid> 
    <artifactid>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactid> 
    <version>2.2.9</version> 
    <exclusions> 
        <exclusion> 
            <!-- Remove SAAJ (soap attachment) lib version that conflicts
            with Weblogic Built-In version. --> 
            <groupid>javax.xml.soap</groupid> 
            <artifactid>saaj-api</artifactid> 
        </exclusion> 
        <exclusion> 
            <!-- Remove SAAJ (soap attachment) lib version that conflicts
            with Weblogic Built-In version. --> 
            <groupid>com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj</groupid> 
            <artifactid>saaj-impl</artifactid> 
        </exclusion> 
    </exclusions> 
</dependency> 

2) Explicitly set the Soap MessageFactory class in a JVM startup parameter on the WebLogic container's JVM.

-Djavax.xml.soap.MessageFactory=com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj.soap.ver1_1.SOAPMessageFactory1_1Impl


REFERENCE: http://blogs.sun.com/fintanr/entry/saaj_classcast_error_with_jdkhttp://blogs.sun.com/fintanr/entry/saaj_classcast_error_with_jdk