Index: src/com/caucho/hessian/client/HessianProxy.java
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--- src/com/caucho/hessian/client/HessianProxy.java	(revision 3370)
+++ src/com/caucho/hessian/client/HessianProxy.java	(working copy)
@@ -74,17 +74,25 @@
   private static final Logger log
     = Logger.getLogger(HessianProxy.class.getName());
   
-  private HessianProxyFactory _factory;
+  protected HessianProxyFactory _factory;
   private WeakHashMap<Method,String> _mangleMap
     = new WeakHashMap<Method,String>();
   private URL _url;
   
+  /** Package protected constructor for factory  */
   HessianProxy(HessianProxyFactory factory, URL url)
   {
     _factory = factory;
     _url = url;
   }
 
+  /** Protected constructor for subclassing */
+  protected HessianProxy(URL url, HessianProxyFactory factory)
+  {
+    _factory = factory;
+    _url = url;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the proxy's URL.
    */
@@ -159,6 +167,8 @@
         } catch (Exception e) {
         }
 
+        parseResponseHeaders(conn);
+
         if (code != 200) {
           StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
           int ch;
@@ -238,6 +248,15 @@
       return AbstractSkeleton.mangleName(method, false);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method that allows subclasses to parse response headers such as cookies.
+   * Default implementation is empty. 
+   * @param conn
+   */
+  protected void parseResponseHeaders(URLConnection conn) {
+	  
+  }
+
   protected URLConnection sendRequest(String methodName, Object []args)
     throws IOException
   {
@@ -255,6 +274,8 @@
       }
     }
     
+    addRequestHeaders(conn);
+
     OutputStream os = null;
 
     try {
@@ -283,6 +304,15 @@
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method that allows subclasses to add request headers such as cookies.
+   * Default implementation is empty. 
+   */
+  protected void addRequestHeaders(URLConnection conn) {
+	  
+  }
+	
+
   static class ResultInputStream extends InputStream {
     private HttpURLConnection _conn;
     private InputStream _connIs;