I need to add functionality that will enable our webservice built using axis java 1.2 to exchange word/pdf docs with a .NET client. I can do it using just byte[] or using attachments.
- Should I prefer attachments if file is large? Does using attachments mean that the implementation splits the file automatically into packets that are individually delivered? - If using attachments, I would like the attachments interface to be visible from wsdl - I guess that rules out SAAJ - The WS-I attachments profile http://www.ws-i.org/Profiles/AttachmentsProfile-1.0.html <http://www.ws-i.org/Profiles/AttachmentsProfile-1.0.html> seems to recommend using XML attachment type wsi:swaRef. But does anyone know if this will work with a .NET based client. Because elsewhere I see statements that DIME is the only format that .NET supports. Is that true? - If not swaRef, can I use MIME with base64binary, etc?
