... // 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);