Base64ing makes sense. What about the CDATA section to contain the binary data? It says about the "character data", but the parser should skip the content of the section. I haven't try that yet though.
Does any try that before? Any comments? Pae > You do not send arbitrary binary data as XML. XML is "readable", i.e. > it is character based. The typical encoding used is utf-8, which would > not allow you to send arbitrary binary data. It is typical to base64 > encode binary data, which increases its size 33%. Welcome to XML, which > you can generally assume will be the worst-case serialization method in > terms of size and speed. For size and speed, you might just use the > serialization built into Java. > > The MIMEPartSerializer is for attachments. It will typically base64 > encode binary data. The attachments are not part of the XML itself, so > if you really want to carry XML payloads, you cannot use this. > > Scott Nichol > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marco Schulze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 8:25 PM > Subject: binary data in SOAP > > > > Hello, > > > > how is it possible to serialize binary data (e.g. FileStreams) via > SOAP? > > I saw a MIMEPartSerializer. Does this encode like binary data in an > > eMail is encoded? This would be bad, because it gets much bigger by > > this. Is it possible to serialize somehow with raw binary data? Does > the > > BeanSerializer automatically does encode streams (e.g. an image in a > > FileInputStream)? > > > > I hope that I could make understandable what I mean... > > > > Thanks in advance for answers! > > > > Best regards, Marco ;-) > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
