XML-RPC On 8/17/07, Franklin Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm new to this company and I've been placed on a project with a java > developer who wants to send me (a windows VB.net developer) a file from > unix (java) to windows but he doesn't want to use FTP. He asked me to > write a web service. So I did but he didn't like that he has to call it > via a soap format. He now says what he wants is something that will > receive a streaming http request (sending me an xml file) that I would > receive the stream and save the bytes into a file as they are sent (so > that I will never had the entire file in memory). > > 1 solution that I can think of to do this is to open a data socket and > listen to a port and then send back messages. I've used sockets in my > program to FTP files via the FTP protocol but not sure how much this is > different. > > Another solution that I can think of is to create a web service with a > start, a write (excepting 512 bytes at a time), an End to receive the file > and a start, read, end to send the file back to him. This isn't that hard > but he hates the idea. He doesn't like that he has to write soap > formatted calls (to call my web service from java). > > Is there another way that I can write an http streaming request listener? > > In a tight spot...please help, > Franklin > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com >
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