le taylom

Hi guys,
Its been a while since i've used these pages, I hope its as good as when I last used them.....
Here's the problem: I am using the following class org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.Base64 provided by Apache to do my encoding and decoding. I need to Base64 encode some data as i am then passing it to a SOAP server wrapped in XML. All seems cool, right? Wrong. The code below shows the following steps
1) create Base64 class;
2) read a file on the filesystem into a Byte[] (using a FileInputStream)
3) call the encode method in the Base64 class, passing the byte[];
4) the SOAP function then decodes the data, encrypts it, re-encodes it and then sends it back wrapped in XML
The problem is this, when the SOAP function receives the encoded data it cannot decode for some reason, fails and creates a zero byte file!! I have used a n other 3rd party (online: http://david.carter-tod.com/base64/ ) base64 encoder, encoded some text, put that into file, then repeated the steps above (obviously missing out the encode step) and all worked fine!!!
So, my conclusion is that the base64 encoder I am using is encoding incorrectly. Incorrectly for the SOAP side of things anyway.
My code is below, any thoughts?
I have used 4 different Base64 Encoder classes and all have the same result!
public Encrypt() { /** */ this.getArgs(); this.checkArgs( 5 ); encrypt = ( Iencrypt ) this.bindToRegistry( Iencrypt.class ); if ( encrypt != null ) { System.out.println( this.args[1] + ", " + this.args[2] + ", " + this.args[3] + ", " + this.args[4] ); org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.Base64 coder = new org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.Base64(); /* Read the data from the file, encode it and send it to the soap server */ try { this.dataToEncode = this.getBytesFromFile( this.args[1] ); this.printResult( "!!!!!!this.dataToEncode : " + new String( this.dataToEncode ) ); encodedData = coder.encode( this.dataToEncode ); } catch (Exception e) { this.printError( "!!!IOEx" + e.getMessage() ); } this.encryptedData = encrypt.encrypt( encodedData, this.args[1], this.args[2], this.args[3], this.args[4] ); if ( !( this.encryptedData.equals( null ) ) ) { this.printResult( "RESULT: Success! Encryption achieved." ); try { this.printResult( "RESULT: Writing to file....." ); BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter( new FileWriter( this.args[1] + ".gpg" ) ); // decode the encrypted this.encryptedData = new String( coder.decode( this.encryptedData ) ); out.write( this.encryptedData ); out.close(); } catch ( Exception e ) { this.printError( "Exception!" + e.getMessage() ); } } else this.printError( "Null object being returned: uncaught null pointer exception!" ); } else this.printError( "Failure binding" ); } // Returns the contents of the file in a byte array. public byte[] getBytesFromFile( String fileName ) throws IOException { File file = new File( fileName ); this.printResult( "filename = " + file.toString() ); InputStream is = new FileInputStream( file ); // Get the size of the file long length = file.length(); // You cannot create an array using a long type. // It needs to be an int type. // Before converting to an int type, check to ensure that file is not larger than Integer.MAX_VALUE. if ( length > Integer.MAX_VALUE ) { // File is too large } // Create the byte array to hold the data byte[] bytes = new byte[( int )length]; // Read in the bytes int offset = 0; int numRead = 0; while (offset < bytes.length && ( numRead=is.read( bytes, offset, bytes.length-offset ) ) >= 0 ) { offset += numRead; } // Ensure all the bytes have been read in if ( offset < bytes.length ) { throw new IOException( "Could not completely read file " + file.getName() ); } // Close the input stream and return bytes is.close(); return bytes; }

Hi,
take a look here:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/tooldocs/win32/classpath.html
T

The way I get over the infernal "classpath" issue is to compile and run anything Java related within its own shell. I do not set up system-wide environment parameters for any path or classpath variables. That way I know I exactly which classes I am using and from which jars.
To do this I have a .bat file that I use to set up each and every classpath for each 'project' I am running.

Why don't you try using a child interface of Map, i.e. SortedMap, and use the controls that it gives you on ordering?

Did you download the documentation that comes with the SDK? If so you can view the javadcos that come with the classes. The javadoc is superb with the java sdk and should give you what you are looking for!
go to <br>
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html

A basic example:
package notMatt; public class Parent { protected static int number = 0; public void doer() { this.number++; } public void printNum() { System.out.println( "Number = " + this.number ); } }
package matt; import notMatt.Parent; public class Child extends Parent { }
package matt; import notMatt.Parent; public class Main { public static void main( String[] args ) { Child child = new Child(); Parent parent = new Parent(); child.doer(); child.printNum(); parent.doer(); child.printNum(); } }
Note:
The parent and child CAN be in seperate packages ( package is a synonym for directory ) as long as they reference each other correctly and the variables/methods within the parent have the right access privileges.
Try this example out, and post more questions back if needed as i'm not sure if this completely answers your question!
When you compile the above example you will get 2 directories, matt and notmatt. In matt you will get the child and main classes and in notmatt the parent class.
T
[ November 28, 2002: Message edited by: le taylom ]

Yes.
Take a look:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/native1.1/stepbystep/index.html

Serialization is how you can convert an object into a byte stream, and later deserialze it back into the original object.
Can be useful if you want to write an object to a file, or pass it across the network; or to any type of stream available!
If a class implements the serializable interface then it can be serialized.
T

Errrmmm, that's a pretty confusing question?!?! If you try and add a little more detail, maybe with some code we can all make a decent attempt at answering it.
T

Can you do some sort of 'ping' to the server to see if it is still 'up'?
i.e. use an snmp api and do an snmp post on the server. a reply means ok, no reply means down?

Y don't you take a look at the ant site, download ant from there and then read the docs to see some examples of how the build.xml is set up?
It is very intuitive once you have done your first few. Start off with some simple builds first.
You can use javac to compile your ejb source files. Then use something like the ejb compiler (the ant docs show you how to do this) to get your ejb's ready for deployment.
T
http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html

I have to implement some Java codes, which works as a listener, if it gets some information, then it will start/call other java application to handle with the input, and sent to the output, it should be automatically run.

How about JMS?
T
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[ January 30, 2002: Message edited by: Jim Yingst ]

Hiya,
I haven't tested this, but I think your message object is null. I think doing a getText on the message previous to sending it may null it.
???
T

Many thanks, good answer, it works.
T

Application servers, i.e. Weblogic, tailor the J2EE spec to their specific implementation. Then they get their App server certified by Sun (which by the way is hugely expensive and is where Sun make money for Java being free
So, you cannot just download J2EE from Sun and run a servlet. You download J2EE and use it to write and compile your servlet, then deploy it to your servlet container (Tomcat) or App server (Weblogic).
Start with J2EE.
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