Hi All, Hope everyone had a nice weekend. Was just wondering if there would be any encapsulation problems if the method AxisServlet.createMessageContext(..) was changed from private to protected scope ? This would allow AxisServlet subclasses to put any specifics into the MessageContext object when it's created, that could be later retrieved inside service and/or provider objects. Or should we promote the use of HttpServletRequest.setAttribute() for this ? Any thoughts ? Cheers, Marcus -- ..... ,,$$$$$$$$$, Marcus Crafter ;$' '$$$$: Computer Systems Engineer $: $$$$: ManageSoft GmbH $ o_)$$$: 82-84 Mainzer Landstrasse ;$, _/\ &&:' 60327 Frankfurt Germany ' /( &&& \_&&&&' &&&&. &&&&&&&: