public interface Stub {
// Public Constants
    public static final String ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY;
               // ="javax.xml.rpc.service.endpoint.address"
    public static final String PASSWORD_PROPERTY;
               // ="javax.xml.rpc.security.auth.password"
    public static final String SESSION_MAINTAIN_PROPERTY;
               // ="javax.xml.rpc.session.maintain"
    public static final String USERNAME_PROPERTY;
               // ="javax.xml.rpc.security.auth.username"
// Public Instance Methods
    public abstract Object _getProperty( String name); 
    public abstract Iterator _getPropertyNames(  ); 
    public abstract void _setProperty(String name, Object value); 
}

Stub is an interface implemented by all client-side stub classes generated by the wscompile tool or a vendor-specific equivalent. The task of a Stub object is to marshall the parameters for a remote method call made on the client into a SOAP message, to unmarshall the reply to create the return value from the call, if there is one, and to update any output parameters supplied in the form of Holder objects. The code for a stub class is entirely generated by wscompile; the only methods that are of interest to application code are declared in the Stub interface.

A Stub contains a collection of properties that application code can set to control the operation of the JAX-RPC runtime when invoking the remote method. To set a property, use the _setProperty( ) method. Use the _getProperty( ) method to retrieve the value of a named property and the _getPropertyNames( ) method to get the names of the properties that may be used. (Note, however, that the JAX-RPC 1.0 reference implementation implements this method differently�it returns the names of the properties for which values have actually been set. The text here reflects the specification.)

Only the property names defined by the interface may be used with the _getProperty( ) and _setProperty( ) methods; not all implementations are required to support all of the properties. A JAXRPCException is thrown for a property that is not recognized or not supported. The properties defined by the interface are as follows:

USERNAME_PROPERTY

Holds the username associated with the caller. This property need only be set if the service is protected by HTTP basic authentication. All implementations must support this property.

PASSWORD_PROPERTY

The caller's password. This property, which must be supported by all implementations, is used together with USERNAME_PROPERTY.

ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY

A string containing the address of the service endpoint interface (i.e., the port address) as a URI. For services accessed over HTTP, this is a URL. Support of this property is optional.

SESSION_MAINTAIN_PROPERTY

A value of type Boolean that specifies whether the client will allow the service to maintain HTTP session information for the client between calls. A service implementation that implements the javax.xml.rpc.server.ServiceLifecycle interface can make use of sessions to store state between method calls if this property is set to true. Support for this property is mandatory.