Paul, I am sorry that I can't help you with attachements, but your rant was the highlight of my day!!!
:-) -- Tom Jordahl Macromedia Server Development -----Original Message----- From: Paul Sabadin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 2:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Structurex person type and ID photo DIME attachment I CAN get DIME attachments to work in general, but SOAP w/attachments does not seem to handle the following semantic where I want to RPC and return a structured "Person" type that includes an ID photo (image/jpeg). The conceptual method signature that I want is: public StructuredPersonType getPersonData(String IDString); Where public class StructuredPersonType { public String getFirstName(){...} pulic JpegBytes getPhotoID() {} ... } I can get a structured person (bean serialization) to be RPC returned. I can get a DIME image RPC returned. I CANNOT GET BOTH THE PERSON STRUCTURE AND THE IMAGE BACK IN ONE RPC CALL (UNLESS i DO CUSOM DESERIALIZATION ON THE M$ CLIENT SIDE - YUCK). Mad as hell rignt now so here is my soap box: I am using DIME as I am trying to interop w/those bastards in Redmond who have shoved XML down our throats. This exact process was SIMPLE with CORBA - 6 years ago (M$ client, Unix server - no worries). Those M$ bastards just couldn't deal with an open standard that they could not own. The DOJ (Dept. of Justice) should be aware that I indeed am not "helping the consumer" right now, I am going through GRUELING WSDL HELL and descending back into the dark ages of cryptic assembly-like coding. The XML emporer is buck-ass naked, yet I am forced to pay him homage. I'd rather write FORTRAN than this CRAP! No hot air returned, please, unless YOU HAVE USED the superior technologies and still disagree with me. I know that I am off topic, but someone has to say it! (In a meek voice ...) I'd love it if someone could help me with my DIME + structured data return. Thanks, Paul
