RE: xml files in axis

christopher justin Fri, 06 Feb 2004 14:05:03 -0800

Doesn't returning the Document Object make the Web Service non-portable? In other words, .NET or other SOAP solutiuons outside of Java have no idea how to unmarshall the Document object.

(i.e. public interface EProfilePort extends java.rmi.Remote { public org.w3c.dom.Document createProfile(org.w3c.dom.Document createProfileRequest) throws java.rmi.RemoteException; )

I am correct in that the Document object would be marshalled by Java/Axis?

From: "Wagh, Shrikant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: xml files in axis
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:13:09 -0600

Hello Anna,

Passing XML file as a string will also work, but you will loose all the
goodies that comes with, working with XML. In turns if you use XML then
you can do validation against the schema for your request (XML payload).
You can specify the schema for your request in WSDL file itself or in
separate schema and import it. You can check that for welformed-ness.
Also you can improve the performance by saving few extra steps for
converting XML->string and vice-versa. I tried with XML file for about
100K, didn't had any issue.

If you want work directly with XML DOM then here are few tips.

public interface EProfilePort extends java.rmi.Remote {
    public org.w3c.dom.Document createProfile(org.w3c.dom.Document
createProfileRequest) throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
}

Here is how you can put those in WSDL file.

  <element name="createProfileReturn" type="xsd:anyType" />
  <element name="createProfileRequest" type="xsd:anyType" />

If you want the validation then it can be something like

<schema targetNamespace="http://myns.com/eProfileService";
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";>
  <import namespace="http://myns.com/CreateProfile";
schemaLocation="http://localhost:8070/CreateProfile.xsd"; />
....

<message name="createProfileRequestMessage">
  <part element="tns1:UserProfile" name="createProfile" />
  </message>
<message name="createProfileResponseMessage">
  <part element="tns1:createProfileReturn" name="createProfileReturn" />

</message>

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Shrikant...
HPP/eProfile QA Lead. HP

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-----Original Message-----
From: Anna Bikkina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 7:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: xml files in axis

Hi,

I am new SOAP and axis. I have to pass an xml to the client as return
type in
a method. Can I do that in axis. Also is there a restriction on the size
of
the file I can send.

Can anyone please direct me to some examples.

Thanks,
Anna.

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