Replacing the deprecated https:outbound-endpoint with http:request in Mule - web-services

Question

I was using the following configuration to hit a SOAP based service in mule 3.2, which works fine
<https:connector name="https" doc:name="HTTP\HTTPS"></https:connector>
<https:outbound-endpoint exchange-pattern="request-response" method="POST"
address="https://localhost:8080/CXF3Service/test" responseTimeout="15000" contentType="application/xml"
doc:name="HTTP Submit Request SOAP" connector-ref="https"> <message-properties-transformer
scope="outbound"> <add-message-property key="SOAPAction" value="https://myservice/myEndpoint"
/> </message-properties-transformer> </https:outbound-endpoint>
SOAP Binding in wsdl will look like,
<wsdl:operation name="sayHello">
<soap:operation soapAction="https://myservice/myEndpoint" style="document"/>
<wsdl:input name="sayHello">
<soap:body use="literal"/>
</wsdl:input>
<wsdl:output name="sayHelloResponse">
<soap:body use="literal"/>
</wsdl:output>
</wsdl:operation>
On migrating to Mule 3.6, i replaced the code as follows. this was done to replace the deprecated https:outbound-endpoint with http:request
<http:request-config name="http" protocol="HTTPS"
host="localhost" port="8080"
doc:name="HTTP Request Configuration"/>
<http:request config-ref="http" path="CXF3Service/test" method="POST"
doc:name="HTTP" responseTimeout="15000" >
<http:request-builder>
<http:header headerName="SOAPAction" value="https://myservice/myEndpoint" ></http:header>
</http:request-builder>
<http:success-status-code-validator
values="0..599" />
</http:request>
But on hitting the service with new code, i am getting a SOAP Fault as response.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap:Body>
<soap:Fault>
<faultcode>soap:Client</faultcode>
<faultstring>Server did not recognize the value of HTTP Header SOAPAction: https://myservice/myEndpoint, "".</faultstring>
<detail/>
</soap:Fault>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
What could be the possible reason for this?
FYI. I am using a cxf:proxy-client with payload as envelope, which remains unchanged for both.
<cxf:proxy-client payload="envelope" doc:name="Proxy client">
<cxf:inInterceptors>
<spring:bean class="org.apache.cxf.interceptor.LoggingInInterceptor">
<spring:property name="prettyLogging" value="true" />
</spring:bean>
</cxf:inInterceptors>
<cxf:outInterceptors>
<spring:bean class="org.apache.cxf.interceptor.LoggingOutInterceptor">
<spring:property name="prettyLogging" value="true" />
</spring:bean>
</cxf:outInterceptors>
<cxf:outFaultInterceptors>
<spring:bean class="org.apache.cxf.interceptor.LoggingOutInterceptor">
<spring:property name="prettyLogging" value="true" />
</spring:bean>
</cxf:outFaultInterceptors>
</cxf:proxy-client>

Answer 1

Small tweak did the magic!!
I set the SOAPAction before the http:request instead of setting it inside.
<cxf:proxy-client payload="envelope" doc:name="Proxy client">
<cxf:inInterceptors>
<spring:bean class="org.apache.cxf.interceptor.LoggingInInterceptor">
<spring:property name="prettyLogging" value="true" />
</spring:bean>
</cxf:inInterceptors>
<cxf:outInterceptors>
<spring:bean class="org.apache.cxf.interceptor.LoggingOutInterceptor">
<spring:property name="prettyLogging" value="true" />
</spring:bean>
</cxf:outInterceptors>
<cxf:outFaultInterceptors>
<spring:bean class="org.apache.cxf.interceptor.LoggingOutInterceptor">
<spring:property name="prettyLogging" value="true" />
</spring:bean>
</cxf:outFaultInterceptors>
</cxf:proxy-client>
<message-properties-transformer>
<add-message-property key="SOAPAction" value="https://myservice/myEndpoint"/>
</message-properties-transformer>
<http:request config-ref="http" path="CXF3Service/test" method="POST"
doc:name="HTTP" responseTimeout="15000" >
<http:success-status-code-validator
values="0..599" />
</http:request>