Setting a custom HTTP header dynamically with Spring-WS client

Question

How do you set a custom HTTP header (not SOAP header) dynamically on the client side when using Spring-WS?

Answer 1

When using spring integration 3 and spring integration-ws, the following code can be used for handling the request:

public boolean handleRequest(MessageContext messageContext)
        throws WebServiceClientException {
    TransportContext context = TransportContextHolder.getTransportContext();
    HttpUrlConnection connection = (HttpUrlConnection) context
    .getConnection();
    connection.getConnection().addRequestProperty("HEADERNAME",
    "HEADERVALUE");

    return true;
}

The Interceptor can be connected to the outbound gateway in the following way: