> I'm writing a .NET 2.0/WSE 3.0 client to Apache Axis2 v.1. web service server.
> (the server may not be relevant to the problem I'm having) here.
>
> I found a problem which MTOM attachment support of .NET 2.0/WSE 3.0. If the
> attachment is a text file and the size of the attachment file is small than
> 769 bytes. My WSE 3.0 proxy will send out a SOAP message like the following.
>
> POST /CMBSpecificWebService/services/CMWebService HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; MS Web Services Client
> Protocol 2.0.50727.42)
> SOAPAction: "urn:CreateItem"
> Host: tangyew:9080
> Content-Type: multipart/related; type="application/xop+xml";
> boundary=--MIMEBoundary633083467731373248;
> start="<0.633083467731373248@example.org>"; start-info="text/xml;
> charset=utf-8"
> Content-Length: 2365
> Expect: 100-continue
>
>
> ----MIMEBoundary633083467731373248
> content-id: <0.633083467731373248@example.org>
> content-type: application/xop+xml; charset=utf-8; type="text/xml;
> charset=utf-8"
> content-transfer-encoding: binary
>
>
> <soap:Envelope xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include"
> xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
> xmlns:wsa="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing"
> xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd"
> xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"><soap:Header><wsa:Action>urn:CreateItem</wsa:Action><wsa:MessageID>urn:uuid:d5c14ca2-d81c-4cef-ac89-7872a2a70164</wsa:MessageID><wsa:ReplyTo><wsa:Address>http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous</wsa:Address></wsa:ReplyTo><wsa:To>http://tangyew:9080/CMBSpecificWebService/services/CMWebService</wsa:To><wsse:Security><wsu:Time
> stamp
> wsu:Id="Timestamp-31d829d7-f415-4402-a406-8f382bcc26de"><wsu:Created>2007-03-01T19:52:53Z</wsu:Created><wsu:Expires>2007-03-01T19:57:53Z</wsu:Expires></wsu:Timestamp></wsse:Security></soap:Header><soap:Body><CreateItemRequest
> xmlns="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/db2/cm/beans/1.0/schema"><AuthenticationData><ServerDef><ServerName>marble</ServerName></ServerDef><LoginData><UserID>icmadmin</UserID><Password>password</Password></Login
> Data></AuthenticationData><Item><ItemXML><XYZ_InsPolicy
> XYZ_PolicyNum="57904965371" XYZ_Street="10555 OLIVE ST" XYZ_State="CA"
> XYZ_City="Temple City" XYZ_ZIPCode="91780"><XYZ_Insured
> XYZ_InsrdFName="Edward" XYZ_InsrdLName="Smith" /><XYZ_Insured
> XYZ_InsrdFName="Jennifer" XYZ_InsrdLName="Smith" /><XYZ_VIN
> XYZ_VIN="ICLA44P5KL9876543" /><ICMBASE><resourceObject MIMEType="text/plain"
> xmlns="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/db2/cm/api/1.0/schema"><label
> name="policyForm"
> /></resourceObject></ICMBASE></XYZ_InsPolicy></ItemXML></Item><mtomRef
> ID="policyForm"
> MimeType="text/plain">NDFjIGU3NCBXaW5NYWluCjQxYyBlNzQgICAgbHBDbWRMaW5lOiAnL1JFR1NFUlZFUicKNDFjIGU3NCBSdW4KNDFjIGU3NCAgICBscENtZExpbmU6ICcvUkVHU0VSVkVSJwo0MWMgZTc0ICAgIG5DbWRTaG93OiAxMAo0MWMgZTc0IGxlYXZpbmcgV2luTWFpbgpmYWtsZmprO2xhZmRzYWYNCmprZmxhbGtmYXMNCg==</mtomRef></CreateItemRequest></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>
>
> ----MIMEBoundary633083467731373248--
>
> The actual attachment is encoded and insert as the content of <mtomRef>
> element.
> Web services server can not recognize the format of SOAP message. If the file
> size is larger than 769 bytes, the attachment will be packaged into a
> separate part
> of the multi-part HTTP message, which web services server can handle.
>
> The piece of code creating the attachment is
>
> /// <summary>
> /// Sets up an array of MTOMAttachments. The MTOMAttachments are
> used to send the content of the documents parts to the server in the soap
> message
> /// </summary>
> /// <param name="resources">array containing information regarding
> the document part to be associated with the policy.</param>
> /// <returns>new array of MTOMAttachments.</returns>
> MTOMAttachment[] setupAttachments(string[,])
> {
> // Create MTOMAttachment objects for all the resources passed in
> // the resources array provides the information for the document
> parts to be sent to the server
> MTOMAttachment[] attachments = new
> MTOMAttachment[resources.GetLength(0)];
> for (int i=0;i<resources.GetLength(0);i++)
> {
> attachments[i] = new MTOMAttachment();
> attachments[i].ID = "policy1";
> attachments[i].MimeType = "text/plain";
> attachments[i].Value = File.ReadAllBytes("policy.txt");
> }
> return attachments;
> }
>
> MTOMAttachment proxy class generated from WSDL is
>
> /// <remarks/>
> [System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("wsdl", "2.0.50727.42")]
> [System.SerializableAttribute()]
> [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
> [System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(Namespace="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/db2/cm/beans/1.0/schema")]
> public partial class MTOMAttachment {
>
> private string idField;
>
> private string mimeTypeField;
>
> private byte[] valueField;
>
> /// <remarks/>
> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
> public string ID {
> get {
> return this.idField;
> }
> set {
> this.idField = value;
> }
> }
>
> /// <remarks/>
> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
> public string MimeType {
> get {
> return this.mimeTypeField;
> }
> set {
> this.mimeTypeField = value;
> }
> }
>
> /// <remarks/>
> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute(DataType="base64Binary")]
> public byte[] Value {
> get {
> return this.valueField;
> }
> set {
> this.valueField = value;
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> Does anyone know if it's a bug/limitation of .NET/WSE SDK or if the way I'm
> adding
> MTOM attachment is not right? Any suggestion is appreciate.