Passing text file in webservice

[Rizwan Mohammad]

Hi,
I have to write a webservice which retrieves 20 mb text file from database and send it to client. What is the best way to do it?
Thanks in advance for your repies..

[Jake Farley]

You can Encode64 the text, is that what you are asking due to the fact that the text file could be XML? Assuming you are using JAX-WS type XML method invocation? There is an encode64(byte[] data) method, check your Java API reference on...

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[William Brogden]

What are your requirements on the client side?

Incorporating bulk text on the order of 20MB in a SOAP response would be incredibly wasteful and slow.

The SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) is what you want. A google search for SAAJ will get you started.

Bill