This example uses the steps that are described in the Create a Web Services Session procedure.

import com.vmware.vim25.VimPortType;
import com.vmware.vim25.VimService;
import com.vmware.vsphere.samples.LoginByTokenSample;
import com.vmware.vim25.ServiceContent;
import com.vmware.vcloud.suite.samples.vim.helpers.VimUtil;

...

// Log in to the vSphere Web Services Endpoint and retrieve a session identifier.
SamlTokenElement tokenElement = ssoConnection.getSamlBearerTokenElement();
String sessionId = LoginByTokenSample.LoginUsingSAMLToken(tokenElement, vimUrl, null, null);
 
// Use the VimPortType and VimService objects from
// the vSphere Web Services API for accessing Web Services and  
// retrieve the request context.
VimService vimService = new VimService();
vimPortType vimPort = vimService.getVimPort();
 
// Add the retrieved session ID to the request context.
Map<String, Object> ctxt = ((BindingProvider) vimPort).getRequestContext();
ctxt.put(BindingProvider.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY, vimUrl);
ctxt.put(BindingProvider.SESSION_MAINTAIN_PROPERTY, true);
Map<String, List<String>> headers =
            (Map<String, List<String>>) ctxt.getMessageContext.HTTP_REQUEST_HEADERS);
  if (headers == null) {
     headers = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
  }
headers.put(“Cookie”, Arrays.asList(vcSessionId);
ctxt.put(MessageContext.HTTP_REQUEST_HEADERS, headers);
 
// Use the session ID context when retrieving the ServiceContent object. 
// The ServiceContent object gives you access to a number of 
// server-side managed objects that represent vSphere services and components.
// For more information about the vSphere Web Services, 
// see the vSphere Web Services SDK Programming Guide documentation.
ServiceContent serviceContent = VimUtil.getServiceContent(vimPort);