----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Vardeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:44 AM Subject: Re: RES: AW: How do you pass an XML document between Axis and .Net Cl ient?
> Well, following the model folks are suggesting for sending XML documents > via RPC, you could XML-encode the .VRML and send it as a string. If you > really wanted to, you could Base64-encode the JPG and do the same > thing. That would be kinda silly though, since the SOAP spec allows MIME > attachments to be sent following the SOAP Envelope. Inside the SOAP > Envelope, you reference the file that's included as a MIME > attachment. According to the User's Guide, Axis has preliminary support > for SOAP With Attachments. See the attachments/ directory in the Axis samples. > Trouble with SwA is that not all other implementations handle it, specifically .NET, so if you want true interop its our friend base-64, making XML based protocols even less efficient than they are already.
