Jay Kumar SenSharma [https://community.jboss.org/people/jaysensharma] created the discussion "Re: Jboss 7.1.1 Final : JAX-WS : WebServiceContext.messageContext null" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/755997#755997 -------------------------------------------------------------- It's duplicate of :  https://community.jboss.org/thread/204487 *https://community.jboss.org/thread/204487* Hi,     You are trying to create/get the   *MessageContext*  at the time of initializing the WebService (this is due to @PostConstruct) , which is wrong because At the time of  WebService Instantiation it is in illegal state of providing you the MessageContext   Once a WebService client invokes a webservice operation then MessageContext can be retrieved.     So remove the @PostConstruct from your init(), Because when your WebService will be constructed at that time it is wrong to expect that your webservice will receive a HttpRequest so you can not get a webservice request for a Non WebService Method.     Also as you have mentioned the init()  method as a *NON-Web Method* by excluding it to appear in the WSDL.  Which means any WebService can not send a request to invoke it.   So if any client will not be able to invoke your init() then it is totally wrong to expect  getting a HttpRequest  inside this method. HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) messageContext.get(MessageContext.SERVLET_REQUEST); Thanks Jay SenSharma -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/755997#755997] Start a new discussion in JBoss AS 7 Development at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]