Marc, I had a similar problem, but some details are different. In my case, I had to send a single binary, not an array of them. Also, I was retrieving the binary from the server, not sending them to the server.
When I exposed the operation within a doc/lit service, I saw exactly what you see - each byte gets its own tag, bloating the returned results. When I exposed the operation within an rpc/enc service, I saw exactly what you want - data gets base64-encoded within the SOAP response. On looking through the WSDLs for both cases, I saw that in the doc/lit case, the return value was essentially "sequence of bytes", but for the rpc/enc case, it was "base64binary". Perhaps that accounts for the differences. Hope that helps. Anand On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Marc Schmidt wrote: : Hi All. : : To keep it short. : : I want to send an array of binaries from a java app to a soap server : using : axis. : : Here the part of the wsdl: : : <complexType name="ArrayOf_xsd_base64Binary"> : <complexContent> : <restriction base="soapenc:Array"> : <attribute ref="soapenc:arrayType" : wsdl:arrayType="xsd:base64Binary[]"/> : </restriction> : </complexContent> : </complexType> : <complexType name="PictureContainer"> : <sequence> : <element name="allPages" nillable="true" : type="impl:ArrayOf_xsd_base64Binary"/> : </sequence> : </complexType> : : Through the axis.wsdl compiler it mapps perfectly to byte[][]. : : But the xml-output eventually evolving looks like this: : : <multiRef id="id1" soapenc:root="0" : soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; : xsi:type="ns3:STGPictureContainerVO" xmlns:ns3="http://bla"; : xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/";> : <allPages xsi:type="soapenc:Array" soapenc:arrayType="xsd:byte[][1]"> : <item soapenc:arrayType="xsd:byte[15072]"> : <item>0</item> : <item>0</item> : <item>-125</item> : <item>48</item> : ... : : I do not expect each and every single byte to be tagged. I would rather : like to see : something like a stream: : <allPages xsi:type="soapenc:Array" : soapenc:arrayType="xsd:base64Binary[1]"> : <item xsi:type="xsd:base64Binary"> : : lGODdhwAb7CJAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAwAb7CAAC/4SPqcvtD6OctNqLs968 : </item> : </allPages> : : How do I get there? I cannot attach the binaries using MIME. They : unfortunately need : to be encoded base64 and contained in the soap envelope. : : Help of any type is appreciated. : : Cheers : : : : : :
