You are right - that is an ugly client! Don't write the SOAP by hand - let the JBossWS client code do it for you. Do this instead: * use wsconsume to generate client stubs * write a simple client using the stubs to access the web service. Dig through this post - it provides a complete (and very simple) client (on the second page): http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=104843 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4182799#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...