--- In gsoap@yahoogroups.com, "rabidcicada" <rabidcic...@...> wrote:
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> --- In gsoap@yahoogroups.com, "alestrcek" <alestrcek@> wrote:
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> > [bump]
> > No one has worked with xsd__base64Binary before?
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> >
> > Regards,
> > Ales
> >
> > --- In gsoap@yahoogroups.com, "alestrcek" <alestrcek@> wrote:
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> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have SOAP server code, which sends file(s) back to the client upon WS
> > > request. Data is xsd__base64Binary object, which - as all other gSOAP
> > > arrays - has a member for data -> char* __ptr and member for data size ->
> > > int __size. This class was generated from wsdl, in which I defined the
> > > data as xsd:base64Binary.
> > > In my code, I read the file into unsigned char*, and I want copy it to
> > > the __ptr member of the xsd__base64Binary object. Since this object is
> > > allocated on stack, all I have to do is memcpy my data to __ptr, and set
> > > __size. Everything works and is OK, however the problem is that I see no
> > > way of freeing the memory for __ptr. If I wish to copy the data into it,
> > > I must allocate memory, and gSOAP does not provide any wrapper for char*
> > > memory allocation (like soap_new_ns1__someClass(...)) They exist for
> > > custom objects, strings, dates, decimals etc. but none for char*. There
> > > is a wrapper function for xsd__base64Binary, but it does not allocate
> > > memory for __ptr. So I have no other option, than to call:
> > > this->fileData->File->Data.__ptr = new char[data_len];
> > > Then, there is no way to 'manually' delete this char*.
> > > xsd__base64Binary's desctructor is already defined in stub header
> > > (virtual ~xsd__base64Binary() { }), and when I leave the scope of this
> > > SOAP method, I have no control over objects that were left on heap.
> > >
> > > So... how to allocate memory via gSOAP's internal 'garbage collector', or
> > > how to free this memory allocated with new? I can't believe that no one
> > > thought of this problem with xsd__base64Binary class? I also didn't find
> > > any samples for server code, only client.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any answers.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ales
> > >
> >
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> Sorry there.....Didn't see this question:
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> gSOAP provides a raw malloc function for you to use for stuff like this.
> It's called soap_malloc().
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> From the FAQ:http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soapfaq.html
> void *soap_malloc(size_t n); // gSOAP 1.X
> void *soap_malloc(struct soap *soap, size_t n); // gSOAP 2.X
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> Use those to allocate arbitrary sized datastructures that are still garbage
> collected etc.
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Excellent, it works, thank you very much!
Regards,
Ales
