Theoretically Axis2 MTOM implementation has support for POX+MTOM due to it's tight binding to the XML object model. But I have never tested it nor scene it used. If it works, the message will go inside a MIME package same as in SOAP+MTOM but without the SOAP envelope & body elements.
But I would recomend you to use full MTOM+SOAP if that is a possibility.. With file caching enabled, Axis2 can handle attachements of virtually any size (memory is not a limitation). thanks, Thilina On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Chris Richmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > If you are dealing with more binary than you'd like to load into memory > at once, then I would return a url to a (temporary or otherwise depending on > you security concerns) file on the server for standard http or ftp download > and it is easy for a ws client implemented on any stack to get that. > That's what I have done in the past. Sending files from within a ws > without using attachments has always been a bit of a workaround from what I > have found. If the files you are dealing with CAN be read into memory, then > simply serialize to the bytes and send that in the proper field, you could > send another response parameter within the complex type that indicates files > types, names, etc if you wanted. > > > > Chris > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Pantvaidya, Vishwajit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Monday, August 04, 2008 10:17 AM > *To:* axis-user@ws.apache.org > *Subject:* [Axis2] REST webservice that returns pdf/word document > > > > My Axis2 1.3 based webservice is working fine using MTOM attachments and > everything else. The default REST (POX) support also works well for the > existing webservices. Now I need to add a REST service that returns a > pdf/word document. The Axis REST doc says that "the GET based REST Web > services support only simple types as arguments and it should adhere to the > IRI > style<http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/CR-wsdl20-adjuncts-20060327/#_operation_iri_style>", > which means I cannot have xsd:base64Binary types in my wsdl. Is there anyway > I can add this webservice to return the word/pdf doc? > > > > > > - Vish. > -- Thilina Gunarathne - http://thilinag.blogspot.com
