does both foo() and bar() work with 1.2Beta? If either fails, please open a bug report.
thanks, dims --- Stuart Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any news on this one? > > Joshua Scott Emmons wrote: > > This has been discussed here before, most completely at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg12463.html > > but it seems we haven't been able to come to a resolve. > > > > Can someone state definitively what the "proper" way to send byte arrays > > in a soap attachment via axis is? > > > > Everyone seems to agree that a DataHandler should be used, but most > > differ on how that DataHandler should be created. The two main schools > > of thought are: > > > > public foo(byte[] bytes){ > > new DataHandler(bytes, "application/octet-stream"); > > } > > > > public bar(byte[] bytes){ > > DataSource ds = new OctetStreamDataSource(null, new > > OctetStream(bytes)); > > new DataHandler(ds); > > } > > > > foo() has the advantage of not requiring any axis-specific imports, > > which should help interop. However, in Axis1.1, foo() throws an > > exception whereas bar() does not. There's been talk on the list that > > this may be a bug, but no one has said for sure one way or another. > > > > Seriously, folks, how are we supposed to send byte arrays? > > > > Cheers, > > -Josh Emmons > > > > > ===== Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/
