Is it possibe to declare JAX-WS handlers in web.xml ?

Issue

• If one declares the soap handlers like below in the web.xml,

<service-ref>
  <description>PMService</description>
  <service-ref-name>service/SomeService</service-ref-name>
  <service-interface>test.SomeanagementService</service-interface>
  <wsdl-file>WEB-INF/wsdl/Someservice.wsdl</wsdl-file>

  <handler-chains>
    <handler-chain>
        <handler>
        <handler-name>handler</handler-name>
        <handler-class>chain.handler</handler-class>
        </handler>          
    </handler-chain>
   </handler-chains>

 </service-ref>

and then lookup the WS endpoint like below,

initialCtx = new InitialContext();
Service service=null;
service = (Service) initialCtx.lookup(getJndiContext());

the handler does not get invoked.