1. A method comprising: executing an instance of a first protocol of a protocol stack to permit a second protocol of said protocol stack to access a portion of header information of a Web services message during a processing of said Web services message, said executing of said instance of said first protocol of said protocol stack including storing state information of said instance of said first protocol into context information of said Web services message; placing the processing of said Web services message into hibernation, said placing of said processing of said Web services message into hibernation including suspending said processing of said Web services message and persisting a configuration context associated with said processing of said Web services message, said persisting of said configuration context including keeping said configuration context separate from said processing of said Web services message; and re-executing said instance of said first protocol to permit said instance of said second protocol to access a portion of header information of an additional Web services message during a processing of said additional Web services message, said permitting of said instance of said second protocol to access said portion of said header information of said additional Web services message including providing a standard interface that enables said instance of said second protocol to access said portion of said header information of said additional Web services message independently of a structure of said header information of said additional Web services message, wherein said re-executing is performed by a machine.