# JsonUtil.java

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    package org.apache.synapse.commons.json;

    import java.util.HashMap;
    import java.util.Map;
    import org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMElementImpl;
    import org.apache.axis2.transport.http.HTTPConstants;
    import org.apache.synapse.commons.SynapseCommonsException;
    import org.apache.synapse.commons.staxon.core.json.JsonXMLConfig;
    import org.apache.synapse.commons.staxon.core.json.JsonXMLConfigBuilder;
    import org.apache.synapse.commons.staxon.core.json.JsonXMLInputFactory;
    import org.apache.synapse.commons.staxon.core.json.JsonXMLOutputFactory;
    import org.apache.axiom.om.OMAbstractFactory;
    import org.apache.axiom.om.OMAttribute;
    import org.apache.axiom.om.OMElement;
    import org.apache.axiom.om.OMNamespace;
    import org.apache.axiom.om.OMNode;
    import org.apache.axiom.om.OMText;
    import org.apache.axiom.om.impl.builder.StAXOMBuilder;
    import org.apache.axiom.om.impl.llom.OMSourcedElementImpl;
    import org.apache.axiom.soap.SOAPBody;
    import org.apache.axiom.soap.SOAPEnvelope;
    import org.apache.axis2.AxisFault;
    import org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext;
    import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
    import org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream;
    import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
    import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
    import org.apache.synapse.commons.util.MiscellaneousUtil;

    import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
    import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReader;
    import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventWriter;
    import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
    import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
    import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
    import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
    import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.io.InputStream;
    import java.io.InputStreamReader;
    import java.io.OutputStream;
    import java.io.Reader;
    import java.util.Iterator;
    import java.util.Properties;

    public final class JsonUtil {
        private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(JsonUtil.class.getName());

        private static final String ORG_APACHE_SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_IS_JSON_OBJECT = "org.apache.synapse.commons.json.JsonInputStream.IsJsonObject";

        private static final QName JSON_OBJECT = new QName("jsonObject");

        private static final QName JSON_ARRAY = new QName("jsonArray");

        private static final QName JSON_VALUE = new QName("jsonValue");
        /**
         * If this property is set to <tt>true</tt> the input stream of the JSON payload will be reset
         * after writing to the output stream within the #writeAsJson method.
         */
        public static final String PRESERVE_JSON_STREAM = "preserve.json.stream";

        /// JSON/XML INPUT OUTPUT Formatting Configuration
        // TODO: Build thie configuration from a "json.properties" file. Add a debug log to dump() the config to the log.
        // TODO: Add another param to empty xml element to null or empty json string mapping <a/> -> "a":null or "a":""
        // TODO: Build this configuration into a separate class.
        // TODO: Property to remove root element from XML output
        // TODO: Axis2 property/synapse static property add XML Namespace to the root element

        private static boolean isJsonToXmlPiEnabled = false;

        /**
         * Factory used to create JSON Writers
         */
        private static final JsonXMLOutputFactory jsonOutputFactory;

        /**
         * Factory used to create JSON Readers
         */
        private static final JsonXMLInputFactory jsonInputFactory;

        /**
         * Factory used to create JSON Readers
         */
        private static final JsonXMLInputFactory xmlInputFactoryNoPIs;

        /**
         * Factory used to create XML Readers
         */
        private static final XMLInputFactory xmlInputFactory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();

        static {
            Properties properties = MiscellaneousUtil.loadProperties("synapse.properties");
            isJsonToXmlPiEnabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(
                    properties.getProperty(Constants.SYNAPSE_JSON_TO_XML_PROCESS_INSTRUCTION_ENABLE, "false").trim());
            jsonOutputFactory = generateJSONOutputFactory(properties);
            jsonInputFactory = generateJSONInputFactory(properties);
            xmlInputFactoryNoPIs = generateJsonXMLInputFactory(properties);
        }

        /**
         * Generate factory that is used to create JSON Readers.
         * It uses Configuration that is used to produce XML that has no processing instructions in it.
         *
         * @param props Properties that are loaded
         * @return JsonXMLOutputFactory that is used create JSON Readers
         */
        public static JsonXMLInputFactory generateJsonXMLInputFactory(Properties props) {
            boolean xmloutMultiplePI;
            boolean xmloutAutoArray;
            boolean xmlNilReadWriteEnabled;
            if (props == null) {
                xmloutMultiplePI = false;
                xmloutAutoArray = true;
                xmlNilReadWriteEnabled = false;
            } else {
                xmloutMultiplePI = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                        (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_XML_OUT_MULTIPLE_PI, "false"));
                xmloutAutoArray = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                        (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_XML_OUT_AUTO_ARRAY, "true"));
                xmlNilReadWriteEnabled = Boolean
                        .parseBoolean(props.getProperty(Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_ENABLE_XML_NIL_READ_WRITE, "false"));
            }

            //Configuration used to produce XML that has no processing instructions in it.
            JsonXMLConfig xmlOutputConfigNoPIs = new JsonXMLConfigBuilder()
                    .multiplePI(xmloutMultiplePI)
                    .autoArray(xmloutAutoArray)
                    .autoPrimitive(true)
                    .namespaceDeclarations(false)
                    .namespaceSeparator('\u0D89')
                    .readWriteXmlNil(xmlNilReadWriteEnabled)
                    .build();

            return new JsonXMLInputFactory(xmlOutputConfigNoPIs);
        }

        /**
         * Generate factory that is used to create JSON Readers
         * It uses Configuration that is used to produce XML that has processing instructions in it.
         *
         * @param props Properties that are loaded
         * @return JsonXMLOutputFactory that is used create JSON Readers
         */
        public static JsonXMLInputFactory generateJSONInputFactory(Properties props) {
            String jsonoutcustomRegex;
            boolean xmlNilReadWriteEnabled;
            if (props == null) {
                jsonoutcustomRegex = null;
                xmlNilReadWriteEnabled = false;
            } else {
                jsonoutcustomRegex = props.getProperty
                        (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_DISABLE_AUTO_PRIMITIVE_REGEX, null);
                xmlNilReadWriteEnabled = Boolean
                        .parseBoolean(props.getProperty(Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_ENABLE_XML_NIL_READ_WRITE, "false"));
            }

            //Configuration used to produce XML that has processing instructions in it.
            JsonXMLConfig xmlOutputConfig = new JsonXMLConfigBuilder()
                    .multiplePI(true)
                    .autoArray(true)
                    .autoPrimitive(true)
                    .namespaceDeclarations(false)
                    .namespaceSeparator('\u0D89')
                    .customRegex(jsonoutcustomRegex)
                    .readWriteXmlNil(xmlNilReadWriteEnabled)
                    .build();

            return new JsonXMLInputFactory(xmlOutputConfig);
        }

        /**
         * Generate factory that is used to create JSON Writers
         * It uses configuration that is used to format the JSON output produced by the JSON writer.
         *
         * @param props Properties that are loaded
         * @return JsonXMLOutputFactory that is used to create JSON Writers
         */
        public static JsonXMLOutputFactory generateJSONOutputFactory(Properties props) {
            boolean jsonoutMultiplePI;
            boolean jsonoutAutoArray;
            boolean jsonOutAutoPrimitive;
            boolean jsonOutEnableNsDeclarations;
            char jsonOutNamespaceSepChar;
            String jsonoutCustomReplaceRegex;
            String jsonoutCustomReplaceSequence;
            String jsonoutcustomRegex;
            boolean xmlNilReadWriteEnabled;
            boolean xmlWriteNullForEmptyElements;
            boolean preserverNamespacesForJson;
            boolean processNCNames;

            if (props == null) {
                preserverNamespacesForJson = false;
                jsonoutMultiplePI = true;
                jsonoutAutoArray = true;
                jsonOutAutoPrimitive = true;
                jsonOutEnableNsDeclarations = false;
                jsonOutNamespaceSepChar = '_';
                jsonoutCustomReplaceRegex = null;
                jsonoutCustomReplaceSequence = "";
                jsonoutcustomRegex = null;
                xmlNilReadWriteEnabled = false;
                xmlWriteNullForEmptyElements = true;
                processNCNames = false;
            } else {
                preserverNamespacesForJson = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                        (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_PRESERVE_NAMESPACE, "false").trim().toLowerCase());
                jsonoutMultiplePI = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                        (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_JSON_OUT_MULTIPLE_PI, "true"));
                jsonoutAutoArray = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                        (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_JSON_OUT_AUTO_ARRAY, "true"));
                jsonOutAutoPrimitive = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                        (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_AUTO_PRIMITIVE, "true").trim().toLowerCase());
                jsonOutEnableNsDeclarations = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                        (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_ENABLE_NS_DECLARATIONS,
                                "false").trim().toLowerCase());
                jsonOutNamespaceSepChar = props.getProperty
                        (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_NAMESPACE_SEP_CHAR, "_").trim().charAt(0);
                jsonoutCustomReplaceRegex = props
                        .getProperty(Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_DISABLE_AUTO_PRIMITIVE_CUSTOM_REPLACE_REGEX, null);
                jsonoutCustomReplaceSequence = props
                        .getProperty(Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_DISABLE_AUTO_PRIMITIVE_CUSTOM_REPLACE_SEQUENCE, "");
                jsonoutcustomRegex = props.getProperty
                        (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_DISABLE_AUTO_PRIMITIVE_REGEX, null);
                xmlNilReadWriteEnabled = Boolean
                        .parseBoolean(props.getProperty(Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_ENABLE_XML_NIL_READ_WRITE, "false"));
                xmlWriteNullForEmptyElements = Boolean.parseBoolean(
                        props.getProperty(Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_ENABLE_XML_NULL_FOR_EMPTY_ELEMENT, "true"));
                processNCNames = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty(
                        Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_BUILD_VALID_NC_NAMES, "false").trim().toLowerCase());
            }

            //This configuration is used to format the JSON output produced by the JSON writer.
            JsonXMLConfig jsonOutputConfig = new JsonXMLConfigBuilder()
                    .multiplePI(jsonoutMultiplePI)
                    .autoArray(jsonoutAutoArray)
                    .autoPrimitive(jsonOutAutoPrimitive)
                    .namespaceDeclarations(jsonOutEnableNsDeclarations)
                    .namespaceSeparator(jsonOutNamespaceSepChar)
                    .customReplaceRegex(jsonoutCustomReplaceRegex)
                    .customReplaceSequence(jsonoutCustomReplaceSequence)
                    .customRegex(jsonoutcustomRegex)
                    .readWriteXmlNil(xmlNilReadWriteEnabled)
                    .writeNullForEmptyElement(xmlWriteNullForEmptyElements)
                    .preserverNamespacesForJson(preserverNamespacesForJson)
                    .processNCNames(processNCNames)
                    .build();

            return new JsonXMLOutputFactory(jsonOutputConfig);
        }

        /**
         * Generate factory that is used to create JSON Writers
         * This is will override the global configration
         *
         * @param props Properties that are loaded
         * @return JsonXMLOutputFactory that is used to create JSON Writers
         */
        public static JsonXMLOutputFactory generateJSONOutputFactoryWithOveride(Properties props) {

            boolean jsonoutMultiplePI;
            boolean jsonoutAutoArray;
            boolean jsonOutAutoPrimitive;
            boolean jsonOutEnableNsDeclarations;
            char jsonOutNamespaceSepChar;
            String jsonoutCustomReplaceRegex;
            String jsonoutCustomReplaceSequence;
            String jsonoutcustomRegex;
            boolean xmlNilReadWriteEnabled;
            boolean xmlWriteNullForEmptyElements;
            boolean preserverNamespacesForJson;
            boolean processNCNames;

            preserverNamespacesForJson = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                    (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_PRESERVE_NAMESPACE,
                            Boolean.toString(jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().isPreserverNamespacesForJson())));
            jsonoutMultiplePI = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                    (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_JSON_OUT_MULTIPLE_PI,
                            Boolean.toString(jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().isMultiplePI())));
            jsonoutAutoArray = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                    (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_JSON_OUT_AUTO_ARRAY,
                            Boolean.toString(jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().isAutoArray())));
            jsonOutAutoPrimitive = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                    (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_AUTO_PRIMITIVE,
                            Boolean.toString(jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().isAutoPrimitive())).trim().toLowerCase());
            jsonOutEnableNsDeclarations = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty
                    (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_ENABLE_NS_DECLARATIONS,
                            Boolean.toString(jsonOutputFactory.getConfig()
                                    .isNamespaceDeclarations())).trim().toLowerCase());
            jsonOutNamespaceSepChar = props.getProperty
                    (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_NAMESPACE_SEP_CHAR,
                            Character.toString(jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().getNamespaceSeparator())).trim().charAt(0);
            jsonoutCustomReplaceRegex = props
                    .getProperty(Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_DISABLE_AUTO_PRIMITIVE_CUSTOM_REPLACE_REGEX,
                            jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().getCustomReplaceRegex());
            jsonoutCustomReplaceSequence = props
                    .getProperty(Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_DISABLE_AUTO_PRIMITIVE_CUSTOM_REPLACE_SEQUENCE,
                            jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().getCustomReplaceSequence());
            jsonoutcustomRegex = props.getProperty
                    (Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_OUTPUT_DISABLE_AUTO_PRIMITIVE_REGEX,
                            jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().getCustomRegex());
            xmlNilReadWriteEnabled = Boolean
                    .parseBoolean(props.getProperty(Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_ENABLE_XML_NIL_READ_WRITE,
                            Boolean.toString(jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().isReadWriteXmlNil())));
            xmlWriteNullForEmptyElements = Boolean.parseBoolean(
                    props.getProperty(Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_ENABLE_XML_NULL_FOR_EMPTY_ELEMENT,
                            Boolean.toString(jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().isWriteNullForEmptyElements())));
            processNCNames = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty(
                    Constants.SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_BUILD_VALID_NC_NAMES,
                    Boolean.toString(jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().isProcessNCNames())).trim().toLowerCase());

            //This configuration is used to format the JSON output produced by the JSON writer.
            JsonXMLConfig jsonOutputConfig = new JsonXMLConfigBuilder()
                    .multiplePI(jsonoutMultiplePI)
                    .autoArray(jsonoutAutoArray)
                    .autoPrimitive(jsonOutAutoPrimitive)
                    .namespaceDeclarations(jsonOutEnableNsDeclarations)
                    .namespaceSeparator(jsonOutNamespaceSepChar)
                    .customReplaceRegex(jsonoutCustomReplaceRegex)
                    .customReplaceSequence(jsonoutCustomReplaceSequence)
                    .customRegex(jsonoutcustomRegex)
                    .readWriteXmlNil(xmlNilReadWriteEnabled)
                    .writeNullForEmptyElement(xmlWriteNullForEmptyElements)
                    .preserverNamespacesForJson(preserverNamespacesForJson)
                    .processNCNames(processNCNames)
                    .build();

            return new JsonXMLOutputFactory(jsonOutputConfig);
        }

        /**
         * Converts the XML payload of a message context into its JSON representation and writes it to an output stream.<br/>
         * If no XML payload is found, the existing JSON payload will be copied to the output stream.<br/>
         * Note that this method removes all existing namespace declarations and namespace prefixes of the payload that is <br/>
         * present in the provided message context.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context that holds the JSON/XML payload.
         * @param out            Output stream to which the payload(JSON) must be written.
         * @throws org.apache.axis2.AxisFault
         */
        public static void writeAsJson(MessageContext messageContext, OutputStream out) throws AxisFault {
            if (messageContext == null || out == null) {
                return;
            }
            OMElement element = messageContext.getEnvelope().getBody().getFirstElement();
            Object o = jsonStream(messageContext, false);
            InputStream json = null;
            if (o != null) {
                json = (InputStream) o;
            }
            o = messageContext.getProperty(org.apache.synapse.commons.json.Constants.JSON_STRING);
            String jsonStr = null;
            if (o instanceof String) {
                jsonStr = (String) o;
            }
            if (json != null) { // there is a JSON stream
                try {
                    if (element instanceof OMSourcedElementImpl) {
                        if (isAJsonPayloadElement(element)) {
                            writeJsonStream(json, messageContext, out);
                        } else { // Ignore the JSON stream
                            writeAsJson(element, out);
                        }
                    } else if (element != null) { // element is not an OMSourcedElementImpl. But we ignore the JSON stream.
                        writeAsJson(element, out);
                    } else { // element == null.
                        writeJsonStream(json, messageContext, out);
                    }
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    //Close the stream
                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(json);
                    throw new AxisFault("Could not write JSON stream.", e);
                }
            } else if (element != null) { // No JSON stream found. Convert the existing element to JSON.
                writeAsJson(element, out, populateRequiredProperties(messageContext), JsonUtil.jsonOutputFactory);
            } else if (jsonStr != null) { // No JSON stream or element found. See if there's a JSON_STRING set.
                try {
                    out.write(jsonStr.getBytes());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    logger.error("#writeAsJson. Could not write JSON string. MessageID: "
                            + messageContext.getMessageID() + ". Error>> " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
                    throw new AxisFault("Could not write JSON string.", e);
                }
            } else {
                logger.error("#writeAsJson. Payload could not be written as JSON. MessageID: " + messageContext.getMessageID());
                throw new AxisFault("Payload could not be written as JSON.");
            }
        }

        /**
         * Returning a HashMap with required properties which used for JSON conversion.
         *
         * @param msgCtx Message context
         * @return Required properties
         */
        private static Map populateRequiredProperties(MessageContext msgCtx) {
            Map<String, String> requiredProperties = new HashMap<>();
            requiredProperties.put(Constants.PRESERVE_SPACES, (String) msgCtx.getProperty(Constants.PRESERVE_SPACES));
            return requiredProperties;
        }

        /**
         * Converts a JSON input stream to its XML representation.
         *
         * @param jsonStream JSON input stream
         * @param pIs        Whether or not to add XML processing instructions to the output XML.<br/>
         *                   This property is useful when converting JSON payloads with array objects.
         * @return OMElement that is the XML representation of the input JSON data.
         */
        public static OMElement toXml(InputStream jsonStream, boolean pIs) throws AxisFault {
            if (jsonStream == null) {
                logger.error("#toXml. Could not convert JSON Stream to XML. JSON input stream is null.");
                return null;
            }
            try {
                XMLStreamReader streamReader = getReader(jsonStream, pIs);
                return new StAXOMBuilder(streamReader).getDocumentElement();
            } catch (XMLStreamException e) {//invalid JSON?
                logger.error("#toXml. Could not convert JSON Stream to XML. Cannot handle JSON input. Error>>> " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
                throw new AxisFault("Could not convert JSON Stream to XML. Cannot handle JSON input.", e);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Returns an XMLStreamReader for a JSON input stream
         *
         * @param jsonStream InputStream of JSON
         * @param pIs        Whether to add XML PIs to the XML output. This is used as an instruction to the returned XML Stream Reader.
         * @return An XMLStreamReader
         * @throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException
         */
        public static XMLStreamReader getReader(InputStream jsonStream, boolean pIs) throws XMLStreamException {
            if (jsonStream == null) {
                logger.error("#getReader. Could not create XMLStreamReader from [null] input stream.");
                return null;
            }
            return pIs ? getReader(jsonStream)
                    : new JsonReaderDelegate(xmlInputFactoryNoPIs.createXMLStreamReader(jsonStream,
                    org.apache.synapse.commons.staxon.core.json.stream.impl.Constants.SCANNER.SCANNER_1),
                    jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().isProcessNCNames());
        }

        /**
         * This method is useful when you need to get an XML reader directly for the input JSON stream <br/>
         * without adding any additional object wrapper elements such as 'jsonObject' and 'jsonArray'.
         *
         * @param jsonStream InputStream of JSON
         * @return An XMLStreamReader
         * @throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException
         */
        public static XMLStreamReader getReader(InputStream jsonStream) throws XMLStreamException {
            if (jsonStream == null) {
                logger.error("#getReader. Could not create XMLStreamReader from [null] input stream.");
                return null;
            }
            return new JsonReaderDelegate(jsonInputFactory.createXMLStreamReader(jsonStream,
                    org.apache.synapse.commons.staxon.core.json.stream.impl.Constants.SCANNER.SCANNER_1),
                    jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().isProcessNCNames());
        }

        /**
         * Converts an XML element to its JSON representation and writes it to an output stream.<br/>
         * Note that this method removes all existing namespace declarations and namespace prefixes of the provided XML element<br/>
         *
         * @param element      XML element of which JSON representation is expected.
         * @param outputStream Output Stream to write the JSON representation.<br/>
         *                     At the end of a successful conversion, its flush method will be called.
         * @throws AxisFault
         */
        public static void writeAsJson(OMElement element, OutputStream outputStream) throws AxisFault {
            writeAsJson(element, outputStream, null, null);
        }

        /**
         * Converts an XML element to its JSON representation and writes it to an output stream.<br/>
         * Note that this method removes all existing namespace declarations and namespace prefixes of the provided XML
         * element<br/>
         *
         * @param element      XML element of which JSON representation is expected.
         * @param outputStream Output Stream to write the JSON representation.<br/>
         *                     At the end of a successful conversion, its flush method will be called.
         * @param properties   Message context properties
         * @throws AxisFault
         */
        public static void writeAsJson(OMElement element, OutputStream outputStream, Map properties,
                                       JsonXMLOutputFactory jsonOutputFactory) throws
                AxisFault {
            jsonOutputFactory = jsonOutputFactory == null ? JsonUtil.jsonOutputFactory : jsonOutputFactory;
            if (element == null) {
                throw new AxisFault("OMElement is null. Cannot convert to JSON.");
            }
            if (outputStream == null) {
                return;
            }
            transformElement(element, true, properties, jsonOutputFactory);
            convertOMElementToJson(element, outputStream, jsonOutputFactory);
        }

        /**
         * Convert OMElement to JSON.
         *
         * @param element      OMElement
         * @param outputStream Output stream
         * @param jsonOutputFactory Object to hold JsonXMLConfigurations
         * @throws AxisFault
         */
        private static void convertOMElementToJson(OMElement element, OutputStream outputStream,
                                                   JsonXMLOutputFactory jsonOutputFactory) throws AxisFault {
            XMLEventReader xmlEventReader = null;
            XMLEventWriter jsonWriter = null;
            try {
                if (JSON_VALUE.getLocalPart().equals(element.getLocalName())) {
                    outputStream.write(element.getText().getBytes());
                    outputStream.flush();
                    return;
                }
                org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream xmlStream =
                        new org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream();
                element.serialize(xmlStream);
                xmlStream.flush();
                xmlEventReader = xmlInputFactory.createXMLEventReader(
                        new XmlReaderDelegate(xmlInputFactory.createXMLStreamReader(
                                new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlStream.toByteArray())
                        ), jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().isProcessNCNames())
                );
                jsonWriter = jsonOutputFactory.createXMLEventWriter(outputStream);
                jsonWriter.add(xmlEventReader);
                outputStream.flush();
            } catch (XMLStreamException e) {
                logger.error("#writeAsJson. Could not convert OMElement to JSON. Invalid XML payload. Error>>> " +
                        e.getLocalizedMessage());
                throw new AxisFault("Could not convert OMElement to JSON. Invalid XML payload.", e);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                logger.error("#writeAsJson. Could not convert OMElement to JSON. Error>>> " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
                throw new AxisFault("Could not convert OMElement to JSON.", e);
            } finally {
                if (xmlEventReader != null) {
                    try {
                        xmlEventReader.close();
                    } catch (XMLStreamException ex) {
                        //ignore
                    }
                }
                if (jsonWriter != null) {
                    try {
                        jsonWriter.close();
                    } catch (XMLStreamException ex) {
                        //ignore
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        public static StringBuilder toJsonString(OMElement element) throws AxisFault {
            return toJsonString(element, null);
        }

        /**
         * Converts an XML element to its JSON representation and returns it as a String.
         *
         * @param element OMElement to be converted to JSON.
         * @return A String builder instance that contains the converted JSON string.
         */
        public static StringBuilder toJsonString(OMElement element, JsonXMLOutputFactory jsonOutputFactory)
                throws AxisFault {
            if (element == null) {
                return new StringBuilder("{}");
            }
            org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream byteStream =
                    new org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream();
            writeAsJson(element.cloneOMElement(), byteStream, null, jsonOutputFactory);
            return new StringBuilder(new String(byteStream.toByteArray()));
        }

        /**
         * Removes XML namespace declarations, and namespace prefixes from an XML element.
         *
         * @param element       Source XML element
         * @param processAttrbs Whether to remove the namespaces from attributes as well
         */
        public static void transformElement(OMElement element, boolean processAttrbs) {
            transformElement(element, processAttrbs, null, null);
        }

        /**
         * Removes XML namespace declarations, and namespace prefixes from an XML element.
         *
         * @param element       Source XML element
         * @param processAttrbs Whether to remove the namespaces from attributes as well
         * @param properties    Message context properties
         * @param jsonOutputFactory JsonOutputFactory with all the configurations.
         *                          Pass null to use global configuration
         */
        public static void transformElement(OMElement element, boolean processAttrbs,
                                            Map properties, JsonXMLOutputFactory jsonOutputFactory) {
            boolean preserveNamespacesForJson =
                    (jsonOutputFactory != null) && jsonOutputFactory.getConfig().isPreserverNamespacesForJson();
            if (element == null) {
                return;
            }
            if (properties == null) {
                removeIndentations(element);
            } else {
                removeIndentations(element, properties);
            }

            if (!preserveNamespacesForJson) {
                removeNamespaces(element, processAttrbs);
            }
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("#transformElement. Transformed OMElement. Result: " + element.toString());
            }
        }

        private static void removeIndentations(OMElement elem) {
            Iterator children = elem.getChildren();
            while (children.hasNext()) {
                OMNode child = (OMNode) children.next();
                if (child instanceof OMText) {
                    if ((((OMText) child).getText().trim()).isEmpty()) {
                        children.remove();
                    }
                } else if (child instanceof OMElement) {
                    removeIndentations((OMElement) child);
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Remove indentations of a OMElement.
         * If PRESERVE_SPACES property in the requiredProperties is true, spaces inside XML elements will be preserved.
         *
         * @param elem       OMElement needed to remove indentations
         * @param properties Required properties
         */
        private static void removeIndentations(OMElement elem, Map properties) {
            Iterator children = elem.getChildren();
            boolean preserveSpaces = properties.get(Constants.PRESERVE_SPACES) != null
                    && Boolean.parseBoolean((String) properties.get(Constants.PRESERVE_SPACES));

            while (children.hasNext()) {
                OMNode child = (OMNode) children.next();
                if (child instanceof OMText) {
                    // preserve spaces of OMText if preserve spaces property is true
                    if (preserveSpaces && child.getPreviousOMSibling() == null && child.getNextOMSibling() == null) {
                        continue;
                    }
                    if ((((OMText) child).getText().trim()).isEmpty()) {
                        children.remove();
                    }
                } else if (child instanceof OMElement) {
                    removeIndentations((OMElement) child, properties);
                }
            }
        }

        private static void removeNamespaces(OMElement element, boolean processAttrbs) {
            OMNamespace ns = element.getNamespace();
            Iterator i = element.getAllDeclaredNamespaces();
            while (i.hasNext()) {
                i.next();
                i.remove();
            }
            String prefix;
            if (ns != null) {
                prefix = "";//element.getNamespace().getPrefix();
                element.setNamespace(element.getOMFactory().createOMNamespace("", prefix));
            }
            Iterator children = element.getChildElements();
            while (children.hasNext()) {
                removeNamespaces((OMElement) children.next(), processAttrbs);
            }
            if (!processAttrbs) {
                return;
            }
            Iterator attrbs = element.getAllAttributes();
            while (attrbs.hasNext()) {
                OMAttribute attrb = (OMAttribute) attrbs.next();
                prefix = "";//attrb.getQName().getPrefix();
                attrb.setOMNamespace(attrb.getOMFactory().createOMNamespace("", prefix));
                //element.removeAttribute(attrb);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Builds and returns a new JSON payload for a message context with a stream of JSON content. <br/>
         * This is the recommended way to build a JSON payload into an Axis2 message context.<br/>
         * A JSON payload built into a message context with this method can only be removed by calling
         * {@link #removeJsonPayload(org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext)} method. This added to avoid code breaks
         * for previous implementations. For new implementations use getNewJsonPayload method.
         *
         * @param messageContext     Axis2 Message context to which the new JSON payload must be saved (if instructed with <tt>addAsNewFirstChild</tt>).
         * @param inputStream        JSON content as an input stream.
         * @param removeChildren     Whether to remove existing child nodes of the existing payload of the message context
         * @param addAsNewFirstChild Whether to add the new JSON payload as the first child of this message context *after* removing the existing first child element.<br/>
         *                           Setting this argument to <tt>true</tt> will have no effect if the value of the argument <tt>removeChildren</tt> is already <tt>false</tt>.
         * @return Payload object that stores the input JSON content as a Sourced object (See {@link org.apache.axiom.om.OMSourcedElement}) that can build the XML tree for contained JSON payload on demand.
         */
        @Deprecated
        public static OMElement newJsonPayload(MessageContext messageContext, InputStream inputStream,
                                               boolean removeChildren, boolean addAsNewFirstChild) {
            try {
                return getNewJsonPayload(messageContext, inputStream, removeChildren, addAsNewFirstChild);
            } catch (AxisFault axisFault) {
                logger.error("Payload provided is not an JSON payload.");
                return null;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Builds and returns a new JSON payload for a message context with a stream of JSON content. <br/>
         * This is the recommended way to build a JSON payload into an Axis2 message context.<br/>
         * A JSON payload built into a message context with this method can only be removed by calling
         * {@link #removeJsonPayload(org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext)} method.
         *
         * @param messageContext     Axis2 Message context to which the new JSON payload must be saved (if instructed with <tt>addAsNewFirstChild</tt>).
         * @param inputStream        JSON content as an input stream.
         * @param removeChildren     Whether to remove existing child nodes of the existing payload of the message context
         * @param addAsNewFirstChild Whether to add the new JSON payload as the first child of this message context *after* removing the existing first child element.<br/>
         *                           Setting this argument to <tt>true</tt> will have no effect if the value of the argument <tt>removeChildren</tt> is already <tt>false</tt>.
         * @return Payload object that stores the input JSON content as a Sourced object (See {@link org.apache.axiom.om.OMSourcedElement}) that can build the XML tree for contained JSON payload on demand.
         */
        public static OMElement getNewJsonPayload(MessageContext messageContext, InputStream inputStream,
                                                  boolean removeChildren, boolean addAsNewFirstChild) throws AxisFault {
            if (messageContext == null) {
                logger.error("#getNewJsonPayload. Could not save JSON stream. Message context is null.");
                return null;
            }
            boolean isObject = false;
            boolean isArray = false;
            boolean isValue = false;
            if (inputStream != null) {
                InputStream json = setJsonStream(messageContext, inputStream);
                // read ahead few characters to see if the stream is valid...
                boolean isEmptyPayload = true;
                boolean valid = false;
                try {
                    /*
                    * Checks for all empty or all whitespace streams and if found  sets isEmptyPayload to false. The while
                    * loop exits if one of the valid literals is found. If no valid literal is found the it will loop to
                    * the end of the stream and the next if statement after the loop makes sure that valid will remain false
                    * */
                    int character = json.read();
                    while (character != -1 && character != '{' && character != '[' && character != '"' &&
                            character != 't' && character != 'n' && character != 'f' && character != '-' &&
                            character != '0' && character != '1' && character != '2' && character != '3' &&
                            character != '4' && character != '5' && character != '6' && character != '7' &&
                            character != '8' && character != '9') {
                        if (character != 32) {
                            isEmptyPayload = false;
                        }
                        character = json.read();
                    }
                    if (character != -1) {
                        valid = true;
                    }
                    /*
                    * A valid JSON can be an object, array or a value (http://json.org/). The following conditions check
                    * the beginning char to see if the json stream could fall into one of this category
                    * */
                    if (character == '{') {
                        isObject = true;
                        isArray = false;
                        isValue = false;
                    } else if (character == '[') {
                        isArray = true;
                        isObject = false;
                        isValue = false;
                    } else if (character == '"' || character == 't' || character == 'n' || character == 'f' ||
                            character == '-' || character == '0' || character == '1' ||
                            character == '2' || character == '3' || character == '4' || character == '5' ||
                            character == '6' || character == '7' ||
                            character == '8' || character == '9') { //a value can be a quoted string (") true (t),
                        // false (f), null (n) or a number (- or any digit and cannot start with a +)
                        isArray = false;
                        isObject = false;
                        isValue = true;
                    }
                    json.reset();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    logger.error(
                            "#getNewJsonPayload. Could not determine availability of the JSON input stream. MessageID: " +
                            messageContext.getMessageID() + ". Error>>> " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
                    return null;
                }
                if (!valid) {
                    if (isEmptyPayload) {
                        //This is a empty payload so return null without doing further processing.
                        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                            logger.debug("#emptyJsonPayload found.MessageID: " + messageContext.getMessageID());
                        }
                        logger.debug("#emptyJsonPayload found.MessageID: " + messageContext.getMessageID());
                        return null;
                    } else {
                        /*
                         * This method required to introduce due the GET request failure with query parameter and
                         * contenttype=application/json. Because of the logic implemented with '=' sign below,
                         * it expects a valid JSON string as the query parameter value (string after '=' sign) for GET
                         * requests with application/json content type. Therefore it fails for requests like
                         * https://localhost:8243/services/customer?format=xml and throws axis fault. With this fix,
                         * HTTP method is checked and avoid throwing axis2 fault for GET requests.
                         * https://wso2.org/jira/browse/ESBJAVA-4270
                         */
                        if (isValidPayloadRequired(messageContext)) {
                            throw new AxisFault(
                                    "#getNewJsonPayload. Could not save JSON payload. Invalid input stream found. Payload"
                                            + " is not a JSON string.");
                        } else {
                            return null;
                        }
                    }
                }
                QName jsonElement = null;
                if (isObject) {
                    jsonElement = JSON_OBJECT;
                    messageContext.setProperty(ORG_APACHE_SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_IS_JSON_OBJECT, true);
                }
                if (isValue) {
                    String jsonString = "";
                    try {
                        jsonString = IOUtils.toString(json, "UTF-8");

                        messageContext.setProperty(ORG_APACHE_SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_IS_JSON_OBJECT, false);
                        if (jsonString.startsWith("\"") && jsonString.endsWith("\"")|| jsonString.equals("true") || jsonString.equals("false") ||
                                jsonString.equals("null") || jsonString.matches("-?\\d+(\\.\\d+)?")) {
                            jsonElement = JSON_VALUE;
                        } else {
                            throw new AxisFault(
                                    "#getNewJsonPayload. Could not save JSON payload. Invalid input stream found. Payload"
                                            + " is not a JSON string.");
                        }
                        OMElement element = OMAbstractFactory.getOMFactory().createOMElement(jsonElement, null);
                        element.addChild(OMAbstractFactory.getOMFactory().createOMText(jsonString));
                        if (removeChildren) {
                            removeChildrenFromPayloadBody(messageContext);
                            if (addAsNewFirstChild) {
                                addPayloadBody(messageContext, element);
                            }
                        }
                        return element;
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                        throw new AxisFault(
                                "#Can not parse stream. MessageID: " + messageContext.getMessageID() + ". Error>>> "
                                        + e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
                    }
                }
                if (isArray) {
                    jsonElement = JSON_ARRAY;
                    messageContext.setProperty(ORG_APACHE_SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_IS_JSON_OBJECT, false);
                }
                OMElement elem = new OMSourcedElementImpl(jsonElement, OMAbstractFactory.getOMFactory(), new JsonDataSource(
                        (InputStream) messageContext.getProperty(Constants.ORG_APACHE_SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_JSON_INPUT_STREAM)));
                if (!removeChildren) {
                    if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
                        logger.trace(
                                "#getNewJsonPayload. Not removing child elements from exiting message. Returning result. MessageID: " +
                                messageContext.getMessageID());
                    }
                    return elem;
                } else {
                    removeChildrenFromPayloadBody(messageContext);
                    if (addAsNewFirstChild) {
                        addPayloadBody(messageContext, elem);
                    }
                }
                return elem;
            }
            return null;
        }

        /**
         * Remove the children element from the existing message
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context
         */
        private static void removeChildrenFromPayloadBody(MessageContext messageContext) {
            SOAPEnvelope envelope = messageContext.getEnvelope();
            if (envelope != null) {
                SOAPBody body = envelope.getBody();
                if (body != null) {
                    try {
                        removeIndentations(body);
                    } catch (Exception exp) {
                        // This means json payload is malformed.
                        body.getFirstElement().detach();
                        throw  new SynapseCommonsException("Existing json payload is malformed. MessageID : " +
                                messageContext.getMessageID(), exp);
                    }
                    Iterator children = body.getChildren();
                    while (children.hasNext()) {
                        Object child = children.next();
                        if (child instanceof OMNode) {
                            children.remove();
                        }
                    }
                    if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
                        logger.trace("#getNewJsonPayload. Removed child elements from exiting message. MessageID: " +
                                messageContext.getMessageID());
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Add the new JSON sourced element as the first child in the payload body
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context
         * @param elem          The new payload
         */
        private static void addPayloadBody(MessageContext messageContext, OMElement elem) {
            SOAPEnvelope envelope = messageContext.getEnvelope();
            if (envelope != null) {
                SOAPBody body = envelope.getBody();
                body.addChild(elem);
                if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
                    logger.trace("#getNewJsonPayload. Added the new JSON sourced element as the first child. MessageID: "
                            + messageContext.getMessageID());
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Sets the input JSON stream as a property of the MessageContext
         * @param messageContext the axis2MessageContext
         * @param inputStream the JSON inputStream
         * @return a readonly InputStream
         */
        public static InputStream setJsonStream(MessageContext messageContext, InputStream inputStream) {
            InputStream json = toReadOnlyStream(inputStream);
            messageContext.setProperty(Constants.ORG_APACHE_SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_JSON_INPUT_STREAM, json);
            return json;
        }

        /**
         * Removes the JSON stream from the the MessageContext
         * This method is used to remove the outdated JSON stream
         * @param messageContext the axis2MessageContext
         */
        public static void removeJsonStream(MessageContext messageContext) {
            messageContext.removeProperty(Constants.ORG_APACHE_SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_JSON_INPUT_STREAM);
        }

        /**
         * Builds and returns a new JSON payload for a message context with a JSON string. This is deprecated and use
         * getNewJsonPayload for new implementations.
         *
         * @param messageContext     Axis2 Message context to which the new JSON payload must be saved (if instructed with <tt>addAsNewFirstChild</tt>).
         * @param jsonString         JSON content as a String.
         * @param removeChildren     Whether to remove existing child nodes of the existing payload of the message context
         * @param addAsNewFirstChild Whether to add the new JSON payload as the first child of this message context *after* removing the existing first child element.<br/>
         *                           Setting this argument to <tt>true</tt> will have no effect if the value of the argument <tt>removeChildren</tt> is already <tt>false</tt>.
         * @return Payload object that stores the input JSON content as a Sourced object (See {@link org.apache.axiom.om.OMSourcedElement}) that facilitates on demand building of the XML tree.
         * @see #getNewJsonPayload(org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext, java.io.InputStream, boolean, boolean)
         */
        @Deprecated
        public static OMElement newJsonPayload(MessageContext messageContext, String jsonString, boolean removeChildren,
                                               boolean addAsNewFirstChild) {
            try {
                return getNewJsonPayload(messageContext, jsonString, removeChildren, addAsNewFirstChild);
            } catch (AxisFault axisFault) {
                logger.error("Payload provided is not an JSON payload.");
                return null;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Builds and returns a new JSON payload for a message context with a JSON string.<br/>
         *
         * @param messageContext     Axis2 Message context to which the new JSON payload must be saved (if instructed with <tt>addAsNewFirstChild</tt>).
         * @param jsonString         JSON content as a String.
         * @param removeChildren     Whether to remove existing child nodes of the existing payload of the message context
         * @param addAsNewFirstChild Whether to add the new JSON payload as the first child of this message context *after* removing the existing first child element.<br/>
         *                           Setting this argument to <tt>true</tt> will have no effect if the value of the argument <tt>removeChildren</tt> is already <tt>false</tt>.
         * @return Payload object that stores the input JSON content as a Sourced object (See {@link org.apache.axiom.om.OMSourcedElement}) that facilitates on demand building of the XML tree.
         * @see #getNewJsonPayload(org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext, java.io.InputStream, boolean, boolean)
         */
        public static OMElement getNewJsonPayload(MessageContext messageContext, String jsonString, boolean removeChildren,
                                                  boolean addAsNewFirstChild) throws AxisFault {
            if (jsonString == null || jsonString.isEmpty()) {
                jsonString = "{}";
            }
            return getNewJsonPayload(messageContext, new ByteArrayInputStream(jsonString.getBytes()), removeChildren,
                                     addAsNewFirstChild);
        }

        /**
         * Builds and returns a new JSON payload for a message context with a byte array containing JSON.This method is
         * now deprecated and replaced by getNewJsonPayload method.
         *
         * @param messageContext     Axis2 Message context to which the new JSON payload must be saved (if instructed with <tt>addAsNewFirstChild</tt>).
         * @param json               JSON content as a byte array.
         * @param offset             starting position of the JSON content in the provided array
         * @param length             how many bytes to read starting from the offset provided.
         * @param removeChildren     Whether to remove existing child nodes of the existing payload of the message context
         * @param addAsNewFirstChild Whether to add the new JSON payload as the first child of this message context *after* removing the existing first child element.<br/>
         *                           Setting this argument to <tt>true</tt> will have no effect if the value of the argument <tt>removeChildren</tt> is already <tt>false</tt>.
         * @return Payload object that stores the input JSON content as a Sourced object (See {@link org.apache.axiom.om.OMSourcedElement}) that facilitates on demand building of the XML tree.
         * @see #getNewJsonPayload(org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext, java.io.InputStream, boolean, boolean)
         */
        @Deprecated
        public static OMElement newJsonPayload(MessageContext messageContext, byte[] json, int offset, int length,
                                                  boolean removeChildren, boolean addAsNewFirstChild) {
            try {
                return  getNewJsonPayload(messageContext, json, offset, length,
                removeChildren, addAsNewFirstChild);
            } catch (AxisFault axisFault) {
                logger.error("Payload provided is not an JSON payload.");
                return null;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Builds and returns a new JSON payload for a message context with a byte array containing JSON.<br/>
         *
         * @param messageContext     Axis2 Message context to which the new JSON payload must be saved (if instructed with <tt>addAsNewFirstChild</tt>).
         * @param json               JSON content as a byte array.
         * @param offset             starting position of the JSON content in the provided array
         * @param length             how many bytes to read starting from the offset provided.
         * @param removeChildren     Whether to remove existing child nodes of the existing payload of the message context
         * @param addAsNewFirstChild Whether to add the new JSON payload as the first child of this message context *after* removing the existing first child element.<br/>
         *                           Setting this argument to <tt>true</tt> will have no effect if the value of the argument <tt>removeChildren</tt> is already <tt>false</tt>.
         * @return Payload object that stores the input JSON content as a Sourced object (See {@link org.apache.axiom.om.OMSourcedElement}) that facilitates on demand building of the XML tree.
         * @see #getNewJsonPayload(org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext, java.io.InputStream, boolean, boolean)
         */
        public static OMElement getNewJsonPayload(MessageContext messageContext, byte[] json, int offset, int length,
                                                  boolean removeChildren, boolean addAsNewFirstChild) throws AxisFault{
            InputStream is;
            if (json == null || json.length < 2) {
                json = new byte[]{'{', '}'};
                is = new ByteArrayInputStream(json);
            } else {
                is = new ByteArrayInputStream(json, offset, length);
            }
            return getNewJsonPayload(messageContext, is, removeChildren, addAsNewFirstChild);
        }

        /**
         * Removes the existing JSON payload of a message context if any.<br/>
         * This method can only remove a JSON payload that has been set with {@link #getNewJsonPayload(org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext, java.io.InputStream, boolean, boolean)}
         * and its variants.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context from which the JSON stream must be removed.
         * @return <tt>true</tt> if the operation is successful.
         */
        public static boolean removeJsonPayload(MessageContext messageContext) {
            messageContext.removeProperty(Constants.ORG_APACHE_SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_JSON_INPUT_STREAM);
            messageContext.removeProperty(ORG_APACHE_SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_IS_JSON_OBJECT);
            boolean removeChildren = true;
            if (!removeChildren) { // don't change this.
                if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
                    logger.trace("#removeJsonPayload. Removed JSON stream. MessageID: " + messageContext.getMessageID());
                }
                return true;
            }
            SOAPEnvelope e = messageContext.getEnvelope();
            if (e != null) {
                SOAPBody b = e.getBody();
                if (b != null) {
                    Iterator children = b.getChildren();
                    while (children.hasNext()) {
                        Object o = children.next();
                        if (o instanceof OMNode) {
                            //((OMNode) o).detach();
                            children.remove();
                        }
                    }
                    if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
                        logger.trace("#removeJsonPayload. Removed JSON stream and child elements of payload. MessageID: "
                                + messageContext.getMessageID());
                    }
                }
            }
            return true;
        }

        /**
         * Returns the JSON stream associated with the payload of this message context.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context
         * @param reset          Whether to reset the input stream that contains this JSON payload so that next read will start from the beginning of this stream.
         * @return JSON input stream
         */
        private static InputStream jsonStream(MessageContext messageContext, boolean reset) {
            if (messageContext == null) {
                return null;
            }
            Object o = messageContext.getProperty(Constants.ORG_APACHE_SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_JSON_INPUT_STREAM);
            if (o instanceof InputStream) {
                InputStream is = (InputStream) o;
                if (reset) {
                    if (is.markSupported()) {
                        try {
                            is.reset();
                        } catch (IOException e) {
                            logger.error("#jsonStream. Could not reuse JSON Stream. Error>>>\n", e);
                            return null;
                        }
                    }
                }
                return is;
            }
            return null;
        }

        /**
         * Returns the READ-ONLY input stream of the JSON payload contained in the provided message context.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context
         * @return {@link java.io.InputStream} of JSON payload contained in the message context. Null otherwise.<br/>
         * It is possible to read from this stream right away. This InputStream cannot be <tt>close</tt>d, <tt>mark</tt>ed, or <tt>skip</tt>ped. <br/>
         * If <tt>close()</tt> is invoked on this input stream, it will be reset to the beginning.
         */
        public static InputStream getJsonPayload(MessageContext messageContext) {
            return hasAJsonPayload(messageContext) ? jsonStream(messageContext, true) : null;
        }

        /**
         * Returns a copy of the JSON stream contained in the provided Message Context.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context that contains a JSON payload.
         * @return {@link java.io.InputStream}
         */
        private static InputStream copyOfJsonPayload(MessageContext messageContext, boolean closable) {
            if (messageContext == null) {
                logger.error("#copyOfJsonPayload. Cannot copy JSON stream from message context. [null].");
                return null;
            }
            InputStream jsonStream = jsonStream(messageContext, true);
            if (jsonStream == null) {
                logger.error("#copyOfJsonPayload. Cannot copy JSON stream from message context. [null] stream.");
                return null;
            }
            org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream out = new org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream();
            try {
                IOUtils.copy(jsonStream, out);
                out.flush();
                return closable ? new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray())
                        : toReadOnlyStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray()));
            } catch (IOException e) {
                logger.error("#copyOfJsonPayload. Could not copy the JSON stream from message context. Error>>> " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
            }
            return null;
        }

        private static void writeJsonStream(InputStream json, MessageContext messageContext, OutputStream out) throws AxisFault {
            try {
                if (json.markSupported()) {
                    json.reset();
                }
                IOUtils.copy(json, out); // Write the JSON stream
                if (messageContext.getProperty(PRESERVE_JSON_STREAM) != null) {
                    if (json.markSupported()) {
                        json.reset();
                    }
                    messageContext.removeProperty(PRESERVE_JSON_STREAM);
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                logger.error("#writeJsonStream. Could not write JSON stream. MessageID: "
                        + messageContext.getMessageID() + ". Error>> " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
                throw new AxisFault("Could not write JSON stream.", e);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Returns a reusable cached copy of the JSON stream contained in the provided Message Context.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context that contains a JSON payload.
         * @return {@link java.io.InputStream}
         */
        private static InputStream cachedCopyOfJsonPayload(MessageContext messageContext) {
            if (messageContext == null) {
                logger.error("#cachedCopyOfJsonPayload. Cannot copy JSON stream from message context. [null].");
                return null;
            }
            InputStream jsonStream = jsonStream(messageContext, true);
            if (jsonStream == null) {
                logger.error("#cachedCopyOfJsonPayload. Cannot copy JSON stream from message context. [null] stream.");
                return null;
            }
            String inputStreamCache = Long.toString(jsonStream.hashCode());
            Object o = messageContext.getProperty(inputStreamCache);
            if (o instanceof InputStream) {
                InputStream inputStream = (InputStream) o;
                try {
                    inputStream.reset();
                    if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                        logger.debug("#cachedCopyOfJsonPayload. Cache HIT");
                    }
                    return inputStream;
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    logger.warn("#cachedCopyOfJsonPayload. Could not reuse the cached input stream. Error>>> " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
                }
            }
            org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream out = new org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream();
            try {
                IOUtils.copy(jsonStream, out);
                out.flush();
                InputStream inputStream = toReadOnlyStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray()));
                messageContext.setProperty(inputStreamCache, inputStream);
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                    logger.debug("#cachedCopyOfJsonPayload. Cache MISS");
                }
                return inputStream;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                logger.error("#cachedCopyOfJsonPayload. Could not copy the JSON stream from message context. Error>>> " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
            }
            return null;
        }

        /**
         * Returns a new instance of a reader that can read from the JSON payload contained in the provided message context.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context
         * @return {@link java.io.Reader} if a JSON payload is found in the message context. null otherwise.
         */
        public static Reader newJsonPayloadReader(MessageContext messageContext) {
            if (messageContext == null) {
                return null;
            }
            InputStream is = jsonStream(messageContext, true);
            if (is == null) {
                return null;
            }
            return new InputStreamReader(is);
        }

        /**
         * Returns the JSON payload contained in the provided message context as a byte array.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context
         * @return <tt>byte</tt> array containing the JSON payload. Empty array if no JSON payload found or invalid message context is passed in.
         */
        public static byte[] jsonPayloadToByteArray(MessageContext messageContext) {
            if (messageContext == null) {
                return new byte[0];
            }
            InputStream is = jsonStream(messageContext, true);
            if (is == null) {
                return new byte[0];
            }
            try {
                return IOUtils.toByteArray(is); // IOUtils.toByteArray() doesn't close the input stream.
            } catch (IOException e) {
                logger.warn("#jsonPayloadToByteArray. Could not convert JSON stream to byte array.");
                return new byte[0];
            }
        }

        /**
         * Returns the JSON payload contained in the provided message context as a String.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context
         * @return <tt>java.lang.String</tt> representation of the JSON payload. Returns "{}" if no JSON payload found or invalid message context is passed in.
         */
        public static String jsonPayloadToString(MessageContext messageContext) {
            if (messageContext == null) {
                return "{}";
            }
            InputStream is = jsonStream(messageContext, true);
            if (is == null) {
                return "{}";
            }
            try {
                return IOUtils.toString(is); // IOUtils.toByteArray() doesn't close the input stream.
            } catch (IOException e) {
                logger.warn("#jsonPayloadToString. Could not convert JSON stream to String.");
                return "{}";
            }
        }

        /**
         * Returns whether the provided XML element is an element that stores a sourced JSON payload.
         *
         * @param element XML element
         * @return <tt>true</tt> if the element is a sourced JSON object (ie. an <tt>OMSourcedElement</tt> instance containing a JSON stream).
         */
        public static boolean hasAJsonPayload(OMElement element) {
            return ((element instanceof OMSourcedElementImpl) || (element instanceof OMElementImpl)) && isAJsonPayloadElement(element);
        }

        /**
         * Returns true if the element passed in as the parameter is an element that contains a JSON stream.
         *
         * @param element XML element
         * @return <tt>true</tt> if the element has the local name of a sourced (ie. an <tt>OMSourcedElement</tt>) JSON object.
         */
        public static boolean isAJsonPayloadElement(OMElement element) {
            return element != null
                    && (JSON_OBJECT.getLocalPart().equals(element.getLocalName())
                    || JSON_ARRAY.getLocalPart().equals(element.getLocalName())
                    || JSON_VALUE.getLocalPart().equals(element.getLocalName()));
        }

        /**
         * Returns true if the payload stored in the provided message context is used as a JSON streaming payload.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context
         * @return <tt>true</tt> if the message context contains a Streaming JSON payload.
         */
        public static boolean hasAJsonPayload(MessageContext messageContext) {
            if (messageContext == null || messageContext.getEnvelope() == null) {
                return false;
            }
            SOAPBody b = messageContext.getEnvelope().getBody();
            return b != null && jsonStream(messageContext, false) != null && hasAJsonPayload(b.getFirstElement());
        }

        /**
         * Clones the JSON stream payload contained in the source message context, if any, to the target message context.
         *
         * @param sourceMc Where to get the payload
         * @param targetMc Where to clone and copy the payload
         * @return <tt>true</tt> if the cloning was successful.
         */
        public static boolean cloneJsonPayload(MessageContext sourceMc, MessageContext targetMc) {
            if (!hasAJsonPayload(sourceMc)) {
                return false;
            }
            InputStream json = jsonStream(sourceMc, true);
            try {
                byte[] stream = IOUtils.toByteArray(json);
                getNewJsonPayload(targetMc, new ByteArrayInputStream(stream), true, true);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                logger.error("#cloneJsonPayload. Could not clone JSON stream. Error>>> " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
                return false;
            }
            return true;
        }

        /**
         * Sets JSON media type 'application/json' as the message type to the current message context.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context
         */
        public static void setContentType(MessageContext messageContext) {
            if (messageContext == null) {
                return;
            }
            messageContext.setProperty(org.apache.axis2.Constants.Configuration.MESSAGE_TYPE, "application/json");
        }

        /**
         * Returns a read only, re-readable input stream for an input stream. <br/>
         * The returned input stream cannot be closed, marked, or skipped, but it can be reset to the beginning of the stream.
         *
         * @param inputStream Input stream to be wrapped
         * @return {@link java.io.InputStream}
         */
        public static InputStream toReadOnlyStream(InputStream inputStream) {
            if (inputStream == null) {
                return null;
            }
            return new ReadOnlyBIS(inputStream);
        }

        /**
         * Returns an input stream that contains the JSON representation of an XML element.
         *
         * @param element XML element of which JSON representation is expected.
         * @return {@link java.io.InputStream}
         */
        public static InputStream toJsonStream(OMElement element) {
            if (element == null) {
                logger.error("#toJsonStream. Could not create input stream from XML element [null]");
                return null;
            }
            org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream();
            try {
                JsonUtil.writeAsJson(element.cloneOMElement(), bos);
            } catch (AxisFault axisFault) {
                logger.error("#toJsonStream. Could not create input stream from XML element ["
                        + element.toString() + "]. Error>>> " + axisFault.getLocalizedMessage());
                return null;
            }
            return new ByteArrayInputStream(bos.toByteArray());
        }

        /**
         * Returns a reader that can read from the JSON payload contained in the provided message context as a JavaScript source.<br/>
         * The reader returns the '(' character at the beginning of the stream and marks the end with the ')' character.<br/>
         * The reader returned by this method can be directly used with the JavaScript {@link javax.script.ScriptEngine#eval(java.io.Reader)} method.
         *
         * @param messageContext Axis2 Message context
         * @return {@link java.io.InputStreamReader}
         */
        public static Reader newJavaScriptSourceReader(MessageContext messageContext) {
            InputStream jsonStream = jsonStream(messageContext, true);
            if (jsonStream == null) {
                logger.error("#newJavaScriptSourceReader. Could not create a JavaScript source. Error>>> No JSON stream found.");
                return null;
            }
            ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            try {
                out.write('(');
                IOUtils.copy(jsonStream, out);
                out.write(')');
                out.flush();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                logger.error("#newJavaScriptSourceReader. Could not create a JavaScript source. Error>>> " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
                return null;
            }
            return new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray()));
        }

        /**
         * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the message context contains a JSON payload that is a JSON Object. See {@link #hasAJsonArray(MessageContext)}<br/>
         * Example : {"a":1, "b":2}
         *
         * @param messageContext request message context
         * @return
         */
        public static boolean hasAJsonObject(MessageContext messageContext) {
            return hasAJsonPayload(messageContext) && _hasAJsonObject(messageContext);
        }

        /**
         * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the message context contains a JSON payload that is a JSON Array. See {@link #hasAJsonObject(MessageContext)}<br/>
         * Example: [{"a":1}, 2, null]
         *
         * @param messageContext request message context
         * @return
         */
        public static boolean hasAJsonArray(MessageContext messageContext) {
            return hasAJsonPayload(messageContext) && !_hasAJsonObject(messageContext);
        }

        private static boolean _hasAJsonObject(MessageContext messageContext) {
            Object isObject = messageContext.getProperty(ORG_APACHE_SYNAPSE_COMMONS_JSON_IS_JSON_OBJECT);
            return isObject != null && ((Boolean) isObject);
        }

        /**
         * An Un-closable, Read-Only, Reusable, BufferedInputStream
         */
        private static class ReadOnlyBIS extends BufferedInputStream {
            private static final String LOG_STREAM = "org.apache.synapse.commons.json.JsonReadOnlyStream";
            private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(LOG_STREAM);

            public ReadOnlyBIS(InputStream inputStream) {
                super(inputStream);
                super.mark(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                    logger.debug("<init>");
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void close() throws IOException {
                super.reset();
                //super.mark(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                    logger.debug("#close");
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void mark(int readlimit) {
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                    logger.debug("#mark");
                }
            }

            @Override
            public boolean markSupported() {
                return true; //but we don't mark.
            }

            @Override
            public long skip(long n) {
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                    logger.debug("#skip");
                }
                return 0;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Check whether the request HTTP method is required valid payload
         *
         * @param msgCtx Message Context of incoming request
         * @return true if payload required, false otherwise
         */
        private static boolean isValidPayloadRequired(MessageContext msgCtx) {
            boolean isRequired = true;
            if (HTTPConstants.HEADER_GET.equals(msgCtx.getProperty(HTTPConstants.HTTP_METHOD)) || HTTPConstants
                    .HEADER_DELETE.equals(msgCtx.getProperty(HTTPConstants.HTTP_METHOD))) {
                isRequired = false;
            }
            return isRequired;
        }

        /**
         * Returns the configured value of the parameter (synapse.json.to.xml.process.instruction.enabled).
         *
         * @return true to inform staxon library to add PIs to JSON -> XML conversion
         */
        public static boolean isPiEnabled() {
            return isJsonToXmlPiEnabled;
        }
    }