Greetings, I'm in the midst of implementing a service (Axis2 1.5.6) that expects to handle very large attachments. Because of this, we will need to activate file caching.
I've looked over some of the documentation and code, but haven't been able to satisfactorily answer a few questions and hoped I could find some help on this. 1) What is the default behavior of Axis2 with file-cached attachments? I have the vague impression that Axis2/Axiom will make a best-effort attempt to delete the temporary files created, but that this is not guaranteed (or expected to occasionally fail). There was no explicit statement to that effect that I found in the documentation. [1] I do seem to have found a place in the code that does appear to make that best-effort deletion attempt. -- 2) Is there any reason to attempt cache file deletion manually? I've read that periodic, scheduled deletion is encouraged. Presumably this picks up any cases where the best-effort attempt fails for some reason. [1] If Axis2 is attempting file cache deletion already, is there any reason for manual deletion by the service author? I ask mainly because manual deletion appears to be suggested here: [2, via 3] -- 3) Is there a way to utilize streaming? Is it limited to MIME-only for Axis2 1.5.6? Upon receiving an attachment, my service needs to write out that file to disk. It would seem optimal, therefore to digest the incoming stream direct to disk rather than writing to a temporary file and then copying that file to another location on disk. Is there a way of doing this? I have seen AXIOM-377, which refers to an inability to use MTOM in this way (for the version of Axiom paired with Axis2 1.5.6). Does this imply that MIME attachments can be "streamed" in this way, even if MTOM cannot? (Both are utilized in my services.) And is there anything in particular that I should be doing in my code to "stream" where possible? Any methods to call or avoid calling, for instance? -- Thanks, James resources: [1]: http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/docs/mtom-guide.html#a4 [2]: http://ws.apache.org/axiom/devguide/ch03.html#d5e340 [3]: http://axis2.867.n6.nabble.com/axis2-file-cache-for-attachments-file-name-td4992297.html [4]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIOM-377 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@axis.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@axis.apache.org
