Below is my web service code: package com.company.department.ws; import java.rmi.RemoteException; import java.util.Map; import javax.annotation.Resource; import javax.jws.WebMethod; import javax.jws.WebService; import javax.jws.soap.SOAPBinding; import javax.xml.ws.handler.MessageContext; import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceContext; @WebService(name="TestWebService", targetNamespace="http://www.company.com/department/testwebservice/";, serviceName="TestWebService") @SOAPBinding(style = SOAPBinding.Style.RPC) public class TestWebService { @Resource WebServiceContext wsContext; @WebMethod public String hello(String name) { return "Servlet WS: " + wsContext.getUserPrincipal() + ": " + name; } } When being invoked the exception below is returned: 16:02:49,552 ERROR [SOAPFaultExceptionHelper] SOAP request exception java.lang.NullPointerException at com.company.department.ws.TestWebService.hello (TestWebService.java:20) The error is happening on the "wsContext.getUserPrincipal()". I feel the the wsContext object is not being set when the service is invoked. I'm at a lost as to what is needed. The end goal of this web service is to pull cookie information from the HTTPRequest object. Please help. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3964173#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...