James Black wrote:
Mike Hearn wrote:I assume you're referring to character encoding issues here? I don't understand what problems the soap wrapper could cause......From what I understand, when using a CDATA element, for example, there can be things that will cause some problems with the XML parser that is trying to figure out the message from the headers. Using a byte array ensures that your xml file will not mess up the parsing.James Black wrote:Barry Lulas wrote:I realize this is an Axis user group, but I wanted to pick your brains on a related issue. I have a generic web service that I deploy via Axis. The web service takes in an XML file as a request and returns an XML file as a response. My question is what is the best way to pass XML data to/from a web service? Should I simply use strings? Any advise would be appreciated...Pass the xml file as a byte array, else you will have problems with the xml wrapper that soap uses. The byte array is base64 encoded, so it is a safe way to send it around. Also, you may want to zip the byte array before sending the xml file, to help cut down on size.
