On the client side there are similar handlers that does the reverse. It uses the JSR-261 API to add WS-Addressing header elements including the clientid association.

The client sets a custom handler chain in the binding

 
Service service = Service.create(wsdlURL, serviceName);
port1 = (StatefulEndpoint)service.getPort(StatefulEndpoint.class);
BindingProvider bindingProvider = (BindingProvider)port1;
  
List<Handler> customHandlerChain = new ArrayList<Handler>();
customHandlerChain.add(new ClientHandler());
customHandlerChain.add(new WSAddressingClientHandler());
bindingProvider.getBinding().setHandlerChain(customHandlerChain);
 

The WSAddressingClientHandler is provided by JBossWS and reads/writes the addressing properties and puts then into the message context.

A client connecting to the stateful endpoint

 
public class AddressingStatefulTestCase extends JBossWSTest
{
public void testAddItem() throws Exception
{
port1.addItem("Ice Cream");
port1.addItem("Ferrari");
  
port2.addItem("Mars Bar");
port2.addItem("Porsche");
}
  
public void testGetItems() throws Exception
{
String items1 = port1.getItems();
assertEquals("[Ice Cream, Ferrari]", items1);
  
String items2 = port2.getItems();
assertEquals("[Mars Bar, Porsche]", items2);
}
}
 

SOAP message exchange

Below you see the SOAP messages that are being exchanged.

 
<env:Envelope xmlns:env='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'>
<env:Header xmlns:wsa='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing'>
<wsa:To>uri:jbossws-samples-wsaddr/TestService</wsa:To>
<wsa:Action>http://org.jboss.ws/addressing/stateful/action</wsa:Action>
<wsa:ReferenceParameters>
<ns1:clientid xmlns:ns1='http://somens'>clientid-1</ns1:clientid>
</wsa:ReferenceParameters>
</env:Header>
<env:Body>
<ns1:addItem xmlns:ns1='http://org.jboss.ws/samples/wsaddr'>
<String_1>Ice Cream</String_1>
</ns1:addItem>
</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>
  
<env:Envelope xmlns:env='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'>
<env:Header xmlns:wsa='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing'>
<wsa:To>http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous</wsa:To>
<wsa:Action>http://org.jboss.ws/addressing/stateful/actionReply</wsa:Action>
<ns1:clientid xmlns:ns1='http://somens'>clientid-1</ns1:clientid>
</env:Header>
<env:Body>
<ns1:addItemResponse xmlns:ns1='http://org.jboss.ws/samples/wsaddr'/>
</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>
  
...
  
<env:Envelope xmlns:env='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'>
<env:Header xmlns:wsa='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing'>
<wsa:To>uri:jbossws-samples-wsaddr/TestService</wsa:To>
<wsa:Action>http://org.jboss.ws/addressing/stateful/action</wsa:Action>
<wsa:ReferenceParameters>
<ns1:clientid xmlns:ns1='http://somens'>clientid-1</ns1:clientid>
</wsa:ReferenceParameters>
</env:Header>
<env:Body>
<ns1:getItems xmlns:ns1='http://org.jboss.ws/samples/wsaddr'/>
</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>
  
<env:Envelope xmlns:env='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'>
<env:Header xmlns:wsa='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing'>
<wsa:To>http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous</wsa:To>
<wsa:Action>http://org.jboss.ws/addressing/stateful/actionReply</wsa:Action>
<ns1:clientid xmlns:ns1='http://somens'>clientid-1</ns1:clientid>
</env:Header>
<env:Body>
<ns1:getItemsResponse xmlns:ns1='http://org.jboss.ws/samples/wsaddr'>
<result>[Ice Cream, Ferrari]</result>
</ns1:getItemsResponse>
</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>