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Invoking NTLM authentication enabled service through Java

Java API

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NTCredentials;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.StringRequestEntity;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthScope;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;

public class NTLMAuthentication {

public String invokeService(String url, String soapMessage) {
String responseString = null;
try {

HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
PostMethod postMethod = new PostMethod(url);
postMethod.setRequestEntity(new StringRequestEntity(soapMessage,"text/xml","utf-8"));
postMethod.setRequestHeader("SOAPAction", "http://www.service.com/GetEmployeeData");
postMethod.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=UTF-8");
NTCredentials credentials = new NTCredentials("username","password", "hostName", "domain");
client.getState().setCredentials(new AuthScope(null, -1, null), credentials);
int status = client.executeMethod(postMethod);
if (status == HttpStatus.SC_OK)
{
responseString = postMethod.getResponseBodyAsString();
}
} catch (Exception e) {

}
return responseString;

}

}