3 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/Message.cpp b/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/Message.cpp
index 524af023e1..83cdfd3c55 100644
--- a/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/Message.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/Message.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ void Message::setRedelivered(bool redelivered) { impl->redelivered = redelivered
 
 const Variant::Map& Message::getProperties() const { return impl->getHeaders(); }
 Variant::Map& Message::getProperties() { return impl->getHeaders(); }
+void Message::setProperty(const std::string& k, const qpid::types::Variant& v) { impl->setHeader(k,v); }
 
 void Message::setContent(const std::string& c) { impl->setBytes(c); }
 void Message::setContent(const char* chars, size_t count) { impl->setBytes(chars, count); }
diff --git a/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/MessageImpl.cpp b/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/MessageImpl.cpp
index 6138ab4a2c..0601800e46 100644
--- a/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/MessageImpl.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/MessageImpl.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ const std::string& MessageImpl::getContentType() const { return contentType; }
 
 const Variant::Map& MessageImpl::getHeaders() const { return headers; }
 Variant::Map& MessageImpl::getHeaders() { return headers; }
+void MessageImpl::setHeader(const std::string& key, const qpid::types::Variant& val) { headers[key] = val; }
 
 //should these methods be on MessageContent?
 void MessageImpl::setBytes(const std::string& c) { bytes = c; }
diff --git a/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/MessageImpl.h b/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/MessageImpl.h
index 7793fc7943..57df6b3fda 100644
--- a/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/MessageImpl.h
+++ b/cpp/src/qpid/messaging/MessageImpl.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct MessageImpl
     
     const qpid::types::Variant::Map& getHeaders() const;
     qpid::types::Variant::Map& getHeaders();
+    void setHeader(const std::string& key, const qpid::types::Variant& val);
     
     void setBytes(const std::string& bytes);
     void setBytes(const char* chars, size_t count);