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Extract and Save PDF from SOAP XML

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Demonstrates how to extract and save PDF file that is embedded in SOAP XML (or any XML).

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Xml;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Xml xml = new Xml();

        try {
            xml.loadXmlFile("qa_data/soap/soapWithPdf.xml");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // The XML we loaded looks like this:

        // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
        // <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
        //     <s:Body>
        //         <ObtenerPDFResponse xmlns="http://xyz.org/">
        //             <ObtenerPDFResult xmlns:a="http://schemas.xyz.org/something" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        //                 <a:CBB i:nil="true" />
        //                 <a:CodigoConfirmacion i:nil="true" />
        //                 <a:ErrorDetallado />
        //                 <a:ErrorGeneral i:nil="true" />
        //                 <a:FechaGenerada i:nil="true" />
        //                 <a:FolioGenerado i:nil="true" />
        //                 <a:OperacionExitosa>true</a:OperacionExitosa>
        //                 <a:PDF>JVBERi0xLjQKJe...</a:PDF>
        //                 <a:XML i:nil="true" />
        //             </ObtenerPDFResult>
        //         </ObtenerPDFResponse>
        //     </s:Body>
        // </s:Envelope>

        Xml pdfElement = xml.findChild("s:Body|ObtenerPDFResponse|ObtenerPDFResult|a:PDF");
        if (pdfElement == null) {
            System.out.println("Did not find the PDF element at the expected location.");
            return;
        }

        try {
            pdfElement.saveBinaryContent("qa_output/out.pdf", false, false, "");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(xml.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Successfully extracted and saved the PDF.");
    }
}