Karl,
Many thanks for your response!
However, I should clarify...
I guess what I'm really looking for is some instructions for the Java
Servlet team, on how to capture the XML sent by Flash.
In other words, here's what I've said:
Me: "Team - I will POST an XML document to the URL you've provided"
Them: "We're not seeing the XML. In fact, if we check our log, it
looks like you're using GET, not POST"
Me: "I'm not sure why that's the case. According to the Adobe/Flash
documentation xml.sendAndLoad ALWAYS uses POST"
That's when I discovered the Adobe Technote that clarifies that "Flash
sends the data in a GET/POST 'hybrid' format", whatever that means.
Flash is apparently doing something a little unorthodox.
So, even though I don't know Java - I'm hoping someone on this forum
knows both Flash and something about Java Servlets, and can give me a
pointer about catching the XML properly in the servlet. Once the Java
team "gets" the XML, they'll be able to parse it and proceed from
there.
For example, in PHP, here's how you'd catch the XML sent from Flash:
$doc = new DomDocument();
$doc->loadXML(file_get_contents("php://input"));
Is there an equivalent method for a Java Servlet that account for the
somewhat strange way Flash POSTs the XML data?
Cheers,
Matt
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 3:48 AM, Karl DeSaulniers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe try just send. Unless you need a response sent back to your flash
> file.
>
> Karl
>
> Sent from losPhone
>
> On Dec 16, 2009, at 2:34 AM, matt stuehler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I'm working on a Flash application that's supposed to send XML data to
>> a Java Servlet.
>>
>> I'm responsible for the Flash app; another team is responsible for the
>> Java Servlet.
>>
>> The problem we're having is that I'm familiar with Flash but not Java
>> and Servlets; the other team is expert in Java and Servlets, but
>> unfamiliar with Flash.
>>
>> Anyway, I have some AS2 code that uses sendAndLoad() to send XML data
>> to a server.
>>
>> It works great when I send it to PHP, or ASP, or ASP.net (stuff I'm
>> familiar with).
>>
>> However, the Java team is having trouble receiving the information
>> with their servlet.
>>
>> One of the developers sent me a log entry:
>>
>> GET /portal/delegate/ParticipantService?svc=someServiceName&XMLStr=[the
>> encoded xml I sent]
>>
>> As I understand it, xml.sendAndLoad uses POST, not GET, so I don't
>> understand why this shows up in the log as a GET. Any ideas or
>> explanation?
>>
>> Here's what an Adobe Technote says about this:
>>
>>> When loadVariables or getURL actions are
>>> used to send data to Java servlets it
>>> can appear that the data is being sent
>>> using a GET request, when the POST
>>> method was specified in the Flash
>>> movie.
>>>
>>> This happens because Flash sends the
>>> data in a GET/POST hybrid format. If
>>> the data were being sent using a GET
>>> request, the variables would appear in
>>> a query string appended to the end of
>>> the URL. Flash uses a GET server
>>> request, but the Name/Value pairs
>>> containing the variables are sent in a
>>> second transmission using POST.
>>> Although this causes the servlet to
>>> trigger the doGet() method, the
>>> variables are still available in the
>>> server request.
>>
>>
>> Obviously, it's possible that the issue is with my Actionscript code,
>> but as I said, it works if I send it to a PHP page, where I pick it up
>> with something like this:
>>
>> $doc = new DomDocument();
>> $doc->loadXML(file_get_contents("php://input"));
>>
>> So, I guess what I need to know is how to tell the Java team to look
>> for and capture the XML that's been sent...
>>
>> Many thanks in advance!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Matt Stuehler
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