Hi, I just tested under JBoss AS 4.0.5 & JBossWS 1.2.1 a session mecanism based on the HTTP Session Cookie (with a code sample from Rama Pulavarthi's blog). Here is the Web Service code: | @WebService | public class Hello { | @Resource | private WebServiceContext wsContext; | public int getCounter(){ | MessageContext mc = wsContext.getMessageContext(); | HttpSession session = ((javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)mc.get(MessageContext.SERVLET_REQUEST)).getSession(); | // Get a session property "counter" from context | if (session == null) | throw new WebServiceException("No session in WebServiceContext"); | Integer counter = (Integer)session.getAttribute("counter"); | if (counter == null) { | counter = new Integer(0); | System.out.println("Starting the Session"); | } | counter = new Integer(counter.intValue() + 1); | session.setAttribute("counter", counter); | return counter; | } | } | Here is the Web Service Client code: | Hello proxy = new HelloService().getHelloPort(); | ((BindingProvider)proxy).getRequestContext().put(BindingProvider.SESSION_MAINTAIN_PROPERTY,true); | int result = proxy.getCounter(); | System.out.println(result); | result = proxy.getCounter(); | System.out.println(result); | result = proxy.getCounter(); | System.out.println(result); | The first 2 calls to proxy.getCounter() method just worked as expected : On the first call, a new session is created by the Web-Service and a SET-COOKIE is sent by the HTTP transport layer to the Client. The second call to proxy.getCounter() generates a SOAP message with the COOKIE received after the first call. BUT, when a 3rd call is fired, the client do not send anymore the COOKIE and then the server re-creates a new session. The problem seems to be at the client level, when the client stops to send the COOKIE value after the second call. ** BTW, this code is for testing purpose and i know that the session mecanism in Web Services should ideally be implemented with the WS-Addressing mecanism. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. Fred. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4060524#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...