JAX-WS client: maintain session/cookies across multiple services

Question

I'm using Netbeans to automatically create webservice clients based off WSDL files. This works well, except the webservices I'm using require that I pass in a custom cookie in the HTTP header to every webservice in order to prove my identity. I use one webservice named `Utility` to get my authorization. This sets a cookie which needs to be provided in all subsequent calls to any webservice. This can be accomplished by setting `javax.xml.ws.session.maintain` to `true` on the BindingProvider of the port for the webservice. This works great for subsequent calls to the methods in the `Utility` webservice. The problem is that this only maintains the session/cookie for that single webservice. I need it across others as well. I need the cookie passed in to a separate webservice named `History` How can I accomplish this? Is it feasible to have a super Service class which both Utility and History could extend and share the same session state with?

Accepted Answer

I've found a solution.

You can get response headers using this after you've made the call:

```
((BindingProvider)port).getResponseContext().get(MessageContext.HTTP_RESPONSE_HEADERS);
```

Find the `Set-Cookie` header and store its value.

Then before your next request (in any webservice) you can set the Cookie header:

```
((BindingProvider)port).getRequestContext().put(
            MessageContext.HTTP_REQUEST_HEADERS,
                Collections.singletonMap("Cookie", Collections.singletonList(cookieValue)
            )
        );
```

JAX-WS client: maintain session/cookies across multiple services

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