Hack Java 6 to let SOAP headers for web services be set

Java 6 (and NetBeans) make it extremely hard to let people set SOAP headers.

( UPDATE AT END )

How to normally do it is outlined in the metro guide:
https://metro.dev.java.net/guide/SOAP_headers.html

and looks like this:

WSBindingProvider bp = (WSBindingProvider)port;
bp.setOutboundHeader( Headers.create(new QName("simpleHeader"),"stringValue") );

( Hm, in Java 6 there is only bp.setOutboundHeaders with an "s" at the end... )

Problem is the WSBindingProvider is in an internal package in Java 6.
So javac or NetBeans won't let you compile the code.
( Eclipse lets you btw. if you allow internal class usage in the preferences. )

So what can we do ?

1. Maybe this: http://devplace.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/adding-soap-header-in-java/
in combination with:

BindingProvider bp = (BindingProvider) port;
bp.getBinding():
...

2. Fight the authority and use reflection once again:

 public static void setHeader(MyPortType port, String session) throws Exception {
     Method[] methods = port.getClass().getMethods();
     for (Method method : methods) {
         if (method.getName().equals("setOutboundHeaders")) {
             Class<?>[] parameterTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
             for (Class<?> class1 : parameterTypes) {
                 if (class1.getName().endsWith(".List")) {
                     Object h = getHeader(session);
                     List l = new ArrayList();
                     l.add(h);
                     method.invoke(port, l);
                     return;
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 }


 public static Object getHeader(String session) throws Exception {
     Class<?> header = Class.forName("com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.message.Headers");
     Method[] methods = header.getDeclaredMethods();
     for (Method method : methods) {
         Class<?>[] parameterTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
         if (parameterTypes.length == 2 && parameterTypes[0].getName().endsWith("QName")) {
             return method.invoke(null, new QName("http://schemas.domain.com/2005/01/Product/types", "session"),
                 session);
         }
     }
     return null;
 }

The method getHeader acquires an instance of forbidden Headers class and invokes
the static method "create" to return a new Header object.
(In my code it is only called from the other method "setHeader".)

The method setHeader searches for a method called "setOutboundHeaders"
in the port object which accepts a List object as its parameter.
Then it acquires a new Header object, stuffes it in an ArrayList
and invokes the setOutboundHeaders method.
Voilà.

( Yeah I know I could make better use of the parameter method search, but hey... )

UPDATE:
Here are the refined, clean, loopless methods:

public static Object getHeader(String session) throws Exception {
        Class header = Class.forName("com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.message.Headers");
        Method method = header.getDeclaredMethod( "create", QName.class, String.class);
        return method.invoke(null, new QName("http://schemas.domain.com/2005/01/product/types", "session"), session);
   }

public static void setHeader(MyPortType port, String session) throws Exception {
        port.getClass().getMethod("setOutboundHeaders", List.class).invoke(port, Arrays.asList(getHeader(session)));
    }


    public static void setURL(MyPortType port, String url) {
        BindingProvider bp = (BindingProvider) port;
        Map rc = bp.getRequestContext();
        rc.put(BindingProvider.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY, url);
    }