You can add authentication information such as userName , Password etc., into SOAPHeaderElement object.
Document doc = XMLUtils.newDocument(); Element root = doc.createElementNS(nameSpace, "xxxx"); Element subElem = doc.createElementNS(nameSpace, "userName"); Text text = doc.createTextNode("tempName"); subElem.appendChild(text); root.appendChild(subElem); subElem = doc.createElementNS(nameSpace, "password"); text = doc.createTextNode("123"); subElem.appendChild(text); root.appendChild(subElem); SOAPHeaderElement head = new SOAPHeaderElement(root); Nirmala -----Original Message----- From: Anna Chen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Soap header, Authentication Hi, could anyone tell me how to add Authentication, username, password, in SOAP header in client? Thanks Anna