Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Extract Files from Binary SOAP MTOM MIME

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This example demonstrates how to extract files from a binary SOAP MTOM MIME document. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Mime;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Mime mime = new Mime();

        // In this example, we have a MIME file containing 8bit (non-encoded) binary data,
        // and it is what I call "headless".  MIME is headless when it omits
        // the top-level header.  The file we have here begins with the first
        // boundary string.

        // The structure the MIME to be loaded is:

        // multipart/mixed (inferred because it is headless)
        //     application/xop+xml
        //     image/jpeg
        //     image/gif
        //     image/gif
        //

        try {
            mime.loadMimeFile("qa_data/mime/headless_binary_soap_mtom_mime.mim");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // The MIME file loaded in this example contains this:

        // --uuid:e74486f4-52b0-44b6-b829-156810fae20d
        // Content-Type: application/xop+xml; charset=UTF-8; type="application/soap+xml"
        // Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
        // Content-ID: <root.message@cxf.apache.org>
        //
        // <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"><soap:Body> ... </soap:Body></soap:Envelope>
        // --uuid:e74486f4-52b0-44b6-b829-156810fae20d
        // Content-Type: image/jpeg
        // Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
        // Content-ID: <beee83b7-166c-494c-890a-def990e9887b-1496@cxf.apache.org>
        // Content-Disposition: attachment;name="-2049913191"
        //
        // BINARY DATA HERE...
        //
        // --uuid:e74486f4-52b0-44b6-b829-156810fae20d
        // Content-Type: image/gif
        // Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
        // Content-ID: <beee83b7-166c-494c-890a-def990e9887b-1497@cxf.apache.org>
        // Content-Disposition: attachment;name="-2049913188"
        //
        // BINARY DATA HERE...
        //
        // --uuid:e74486f4-52b0-44b6-b829-156810fae20d
        // Content-Type: image/gif
        // Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
        // Content-ID: <beee83b7-166c-494c-890a-def990e9887b-1498@cxf.apache.org>
        // Content-Disposition: attachment;name="-2049913185"
        //
        // BINARY DATA HERE...
        //
        // --uuid:e74486f4-52b0-44b6-b829-156810fae20d--

        // Get the number of MIME sub-parts.
        int numParts = mime.getNumParts();

        // The 1st part at index 0 is the application/xop+xml.  We're just going to extract the JPG and GIF image files..
        StringBuilder sbFilename = new StringBuilder();
        String name = "";
        int i = 1;
        Mime mp = new Mime();
        while (i < numParts) {
            mime.partAt(i, mp);

            // By looking at the MIME above, the "name" attribute of the Content-Disposition header field seems
            // to be the only possible name we can use for each image..
            sbFilename.append("qa_output/");
            name = mp.getHeaderFieldAttribute("Content-Disposition", "name");
            sbFilename.append(name);
            sbFilename.append(".");
            sbFilename.append(mp.getContentType());
            int numReplaced = sbFilename.replace("image/", "");
            mp.saveBody(sbFilename.getAsString());
            System.out.println("output file: " + sbFilename.getAsString());
            sbFilename.clear();
            i = i + 1;
        }

        System.out.println("Success.");
    }
}