import java.io.StringWriter;
import javax.xml.*;

// Writing SOAP response to a string writer
private void printToStringWriter(SOAPMessage response) throws Exception {

	// create a new string writer
	StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();

	// get a new document transformer
	Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();

	// if indentation is required, set the indent key to yes
	transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "Yes");

	// transform the soap part to stream result
	transformer.transform(new DOMSource(response.getSOAPPart()),
			new StreamResult(stringWriter));

	System.out.println("printing to console as string for debugging - \n"
			   +  outputWriter.toString());
}