private  SomePortType getStatefulConnection() {
   try  {
     if  (statefulPort ==  null ) {
       final  XTCSomeLocator locator =  new  XTCSomeLocator(endpoint);
      statefulPort = locator.getSomePort( new  URL(endpoint));
       final  Hashtable usrProp =  new  Hashtable();
      usrProp.put(HTTPConstants.HEADER_TRANSFER_ENCODING_CHUNKED,  Boolean .FALSE);
      ((org.apache.axis.client.Stub)statefulPort)._setProperty(HTTPConstants.REQUEST_HEADERS, usrProp);        
    }
     return  statefulPort;
  }  catch  (MalformedURLException e) {
     throw   new  RuntimeException("Malformed URL", e);
  }  catch  (ServiceException e) {
     throw   new  RuntimeException("Service exception", e);
  }
}