Hi, Thanks to Josef Stadelmann's help, I was able understand how complex xml nodes can be traversed in AXIS2/C. I will try to explain my problem and solution below so others can benefit too.
I am using Firefox REST client to test the POST request. So, *REST Request POST: http://localhost:9090/services/service_openapi/os/setInterface Request Header: Content-Type text/xml Request Body: <ns1:setInterface xmlns:ns1="http://www.myname.com/axis2/quagga_openapi";> <interface> <name>eth0</name> <ip> <address>147.83.159.197</address> <prefixlen>24</prefixlen> </ip> </interface> </ns1:setInterface>* Now when the axis server receives this POST request it will parse it as: * if (!root_node) /* root node (setInterface) */ { set_interface_error(env, "Invalid payload; setInterface node is NULL"); return NULL; } child_1 = axiom_node_get_first_child(root_node, env); if (!child_1) /* <interface> */ { set_interface_error(env, "Invalid payload; text node is NULL"); return NULL; } child_1_1 = axiom_node_get_first_child(child_1, env); if (!child_1_1) /* <name> */ { set_interface_error(env, "Invalid payload; text to be echoed is NULL"); return NULL; } if (axiom_node_get_node_type(child_1_1, env) == AXIOM_ELEMENT) { axiom_element_t *element_1_1 = NULL; element_1_1 = (axiom_element_t *) axiom_node_get_data_element(child_1_1, env); axis2_char_t *child_1_1_name = axiom_element_get_localname(element_1_1, env); printf("child_1_1 localname is %s \n", child_1_1_name); axis2_char_t *child_1_1_value = axiom_element_get_text(element_1_1, env,child_1_1 ); printf("child_1_1 value is : %s \n", child_1_1_value); } else { set_interface_error(env, "Invalid payload; invalid XML in request"); return NULL; } child_1_2 = axiom_node_get_next_sibling(child_1_1, env); if (!child_1_2) /* <ip> */ { set_interface_error(env, "Invalid payload; text to be echoed is NULL"); return NULL; } child_1_2_1 = axiom_node_get_first_child(child_1_2, env); if (!child_1_1) /* <address> */ { set_interface_error(env, "Invalid payload; text to be echoed is NULL"); return NULL; } if (axiom_node_get_node_type(child_1_2_1, env) == AXIOM_ELEMENT) { axiom_element_t *element_1_2_1 = NULL; element_1_2_1 = (axiom_element_t *) axiom_node_get_data_element(child_1_2_1, env); axis2_char_t *child_1_2_1_name = axiom_element_get_localname(element_1_2_1, env); printf("child_1_2_1 localname is %s \n", child_1_2_1_name); axis2_char_t *child_1_2_1_value = axiom_element_get_text(element_1_2_1, env,child_1_2_1 ); printf("child_1_2_1 value is : %s \n", child_1_2_1_value); } else { set_interface_error(env, "Invalid payload; invalid XML in request"); return NULL; } child_1_2_2 = axiom_node_get_next_sibling(child_1_2_1, env); if (!child_1_2_2) /* <prefixlen> */ { set_interface_error(env, "Invalid payload; text to be echoed is NULL"); return NULL; } if (axiom_node_get_node_type(child_1_2_2, env) == AXIOM_ELEMENT) { axiom_element_t *element_1_2_2 = NULL; element_1_2_2 = (axiom_element_t *) axiom_node_get_data_element(child_1_2_2, env); axis2_char_t *child_1_2_2_name = axiom_element_get_localname(element_1_2_2, env); printf("child_1_2_2 localname is %s \n", child_1_2_2_name); axis2_char_t *child_1_2_2_value = axiom_element_get_text(element_1_2_2, env,child_1_2_2 ); printf("child_1_2_2 value is : %s \n", child_1_2_2_value); } else { set_interface_error(env, "Invalid payload; invalid XML in request"); return NULL; }* Best Regards, Shuaib On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Stadelmann Josef < josef.stadelm...@axa-winterthur.ch> wrote: > Hi S.S**** > > ** ** > > build_om_payload_for_myservice **** > > ** ** > > we can't comment.**** > > ** ** > > But if your intention is to build a OMElement from a String then I can > only say that the string needs to be a well formed SOAP XML Payload.**** > > ** ** > > You want get from the address line of any browser a complex object as > OMElement is. **** > > So what you need is a real axis2c_client, then build your OMElement > programmatically and pass it to the service. **** > > ** ** > > With a browser you can only send simple data types like strings and int's > etc. to the service but certainly NOT OMElement.**** > > Josef**** > > **** > > ** ** > > *Von:* Shuaib Siddiqui [mailto:shua...@gmail.com] > *Gesendet:* Montag, 20. Februar 2012 17:13 > *An:* c-user@axis.apache.org > *Betre**ff:* Reading multiple input from client for POST method**** > > ** ** > > Hi, > > I am very new to axis2/c and web services in general. My goal is to > implement a service that takes in different values for an ethernet > interface (e.g., ip address, name, etc) as input and make respective > changes in the kernel of the target machine. It will be a POST REST method > and I've gone through the echo example but in that input from client, > "Hello World" string is predefined. I want to take the input from the > client through web browser and then feed it to the > build_om_payload_for_myservice. > Does anyone has any pointer to such an example ? Or how can we go about > this problem ? > > Any help would be highly appreciated. > > Regards, > > S.S**** >
