Re: XML and web services

[Mike Hearn <m....@signal.qinetiq.com>]

The best way in theory is to simply pass DOMs in whichever languages you 
are using. The SOAP engine then uses literalXML encoding to make it 
happen - but this functionality is broken in Axis at the moment it 
appears, and seems to have been for some time.

This is really quite a serious issue if it really is a bug, and I intend 
to chase the developers about it either this week or next. If/when I 
find a solution/write a patch I'll let you know. For now you can pass 
strings back and forth, or use the message form.

thanks -mike

Barry Lulas wrote:

> I realize this is an Axis user group, but I wanted to pick your brains 
> on a related issue. 
>
> I have a generic web service that I deploy via Axis.  The web service 
> takes in an XML file as a request and returns an XML file as a 
> response.  My question is what is the best way to pass XML data 
> to/from a web service?  Should I simply use strings?
>
> Any advise would be appreciated...
>