wrting a soap response to file

[jude.ulibarri]

Hello:

I'm using AXIS to create a SOAP Envelope. I can successfully send
this request to the web service and get a response back. But now, I
want to write the response to file. How is this done? I have tried
several different java.io classes but none have worked.

Jude

 

[Mike Schilling]

Hello:

I'm using AXIS to create a SOAP Envelope. I can successfully send
this request to the web service and get a response back. But now, I
want to write the response to file. How is this done?

What form do you have the response in? If it's XML, you can use a
java.xml.transform.Transformer to turn it into a byte stream and write
those bytes to a file. (Use a StreamResult constructed from a File or
a FileOutputStream.)

 

[jude.ulibarri]

What form do you have the response in?  If it's XML, you can use a
java.xml.transform.Transformer to turn it into a byte stream and write
those bytes to a file.  (Use a StreamResult constructed from a File or
a FileOutputStream.)

The response is in an AXIS SOAPEnvelope object. Let me look at any
other return values that an axis.client.Call will return. I'll also
try the Transformer class

 

[jude.ulibarri]

The response is in an AXIS SOAPEnvelope object.  Let me look at any
other return values that an axis.client.Call will return.  I'll also
try the Transformer class

The Transformer constructor takes an XML source and a result. Well,
it doesn't recognize the SOAPEnvelope as an XML source. I'm also
getting the error that Transformer is abstract and can't be
instantiated. Sweet.... This just gets better all the time.

 

[jude.ulibarri]

The Transformer constructor takes an XML source and a result.  Well,
it doesn't recognize the SOAPEnvelope as an XML source.  I'm also
getting the error that Transformer is abstract and can't be
instantiated.  Sweet.... This just gets better all the time.

Call returns a SOAPEnvelope (response = call.invoke(request)). I'm
searching through the AXIS java doc for something that will stream the
Envelope to a file. No luck yet.

 

[Mike Schilling]

The Transformer constructor takes an XML source and a result. Well,
it doesn't recognize the SOAPEnvelope as an XML source.

SOAPEnvelope extends org.w3c.dom.Node, so this should work fine.

It goes something like (I'm not going to compile this, so watch out
for typos)

import java.xml.transform.*;
import java.xml.transform.dom.*;
import java.xml.transform.stream.*;

Transformer transformer =
TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
transformer.transform(
new DOMSource(envelope),
new StreamResult(new File(fileName)));

 

[jude.ulibarri]

SOAPEnvelope extends org.w3c.dom.Node, so this should work fine.

It goes something like (I'm not going to compile this, so watch out
for typos)

    import java.xml.transform.*;
    import java.xml.transform.dom.*;
    import java.xml.transform.stream.*;

    Transformer transformer =
TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
    transformer.transform(
        new DOMSource(envelope),
        new StreamResult(new File(fileName)));

You ROCK!!

import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;

Transformer transformer =
TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();

transformer.transform(new DOMSource(response), new StreamResult(new
File("response.xml")))

I only do JAVA on the side now. Been years since I've done anything
meaningful with it.

Thank you for all the help!!

 

[Mike Schilling]

You ROCK!!

import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;

Transformer transformer =
TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();

transformer.transform(new DOMSource(response), new StreamResult(new
File("response.xml")))

I only do JAVA on the side now. Been years since I've done anything
meaningful with it.

Thank you for all the help!!

Happy to have been of service.

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

I'm using AXIS to create a SOAP Envelope. I can successfully send
this request to the web service and get a response back. But now, I
want to write the response to file. How is this done? I have tried
several different java.io classes but none have worked.

I like org.apache.xml.serialize.XMLSerializer for that. Good
options for controlling output.

Code snippet:

OutputFormat fmt = new OutputFormat();
fmt.setIndenting(true);
XMLSerializer ser = new XMLSerializer(somestream, fmt);
ser.serialize(somedoc);

Arne