1. add the MTOM annotation on the services class
@javax.xml.ws.soap.MTOM
@WebService(serviceName =
2. Following table list the relationship between MIME type and java type
MIME type Java type
image/gif java.awt.Image
image/jpeg java.awt.Image
text/plain java.lang.String
text/xml javax.xml.transform.Source
application/xml javax.xml.transform.Source
*/* javax.activation.DataHandler
3. Edit the WSDL to and list the correct mime type which will change the schema from
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="return" type="xs:base64Binary" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
to
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="return" type="xs:base64Binary" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"
xmime:expectedContentTypes="image/jpeg" xmlns:xmime="http://www.w3.org/2005/05/xmlmime"/>
</xs:sequence>
4. Make the container use the edited WSDL than generated one
@WebService(serviceName = ...., wsdlLocation="WEB-INF/wsdl/edited.wsdl")
5. Deploy the new service
for more info netbeans tutorial pages 1, page 2, page 3
To do the above without any modification to wsdl (using annotation on the java class)
1. Set the @MTOM as above on the service
@MTOM
@WebService
public class NewWebService {
2. Annotate the data type on the web method as follows
@WebMethod
public void setImage(@XmlMimeType("image/gif")Image img){
3. Can also annotate a return type
@WebMethod
public @XmlMimeType("image/gif")Image getImage( String name){
4. All kind of data types could be used
@WebMethod
public @XmlMimeType("*/*")Image getFiles
