This tool, wsmonitor, is a light-weight, easy to use SOAP and HTTP traffic monitoring tool. This tool uses port forwarding to capture the SOAP messages and HTTP headers between a sender and a receiver and displays them nicely formatted in a graphical user interface. The key features are:

• Easy to use
• Light weight
• Displays XML- formatted SOAP message
• Separate tabs for SOAP and HTTP traffic
• Transport-level data capture

The tool is available for free download at wsmonitor.dev.java.net.

Download, use and send comments to users@wsmonitor.dev.java.net.

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