Byte array question

[dan.winsor]

Hi all,

I'm trying to write through SOAPpy in python to a Java implemented API.
The API for the method I want to use is as follows:

boolean added = SoapService.add AttachmentsToIs sue(token,
issue.getKey(),
new String[]{fileName},
new byte[][]{getBytesFromFi le(tmpFile)});

I've got everything covered except for the byte array. The byte array
should be holding the contents of the attachment(s) I want to send
thorugh the API. However, no matter how I try it, Java on the other
end doesn't like what I'm passing it there.

How can I mimic a byte array in python? Suggestions on things to try?

[Dan Winsor]

Sybren Stuvel wrote:

da********@gmai l.com enlightened us with:

I want to send thorugh the API. However, no matter how I try it,
Java on the other end doesn't like what I'm passing it there.

What have you tried and how did it fail?

See below.

How can I mimic a byte array in python?

Strings?

OK, I'll put that attempt up front. Here's a couple of tries:

<test code snippet>
fileobj = open('testfile. txt', mode='r')
chararray = fileobj.read()
fileobj.close()

soap.addAttachm entsToIssue(aut h,'TST-4','testfile.tx t',chararray)

<fails with>
SOAPpy.Types.fa ultType: <Fault soapenv:Server. userException:
org.xml.sax.SAX Exception: Found character data inside an array element
while deserializing: <SOAPpy.Types.s tructType detail at -1216265236>:
{'hostname': '<removed>', 'faultData': <SOAPpy.Types.s tructType
faultData at -1216226708>: {'exception': None, 'message': 'Found
character data inside an array element while deserializing'} }>

<'nother snippet>
fileobj = open('testfile. txt', mode='r')
chararray = array.array('c' )
chararray.fromf ile(fileobj, stat('testfile. txt').st_size)
fileobj.close()

soap.addAttachm entsToIssue(aut h,'TST-4','testfile.tx t',chararray)

<fails with>
SOAPpy.Types.fa ultType: <Fault soapenv:Server. userException:
org.xml.sax.SAX Exception: Found character data inside an array element
while deserializing: <SOAPpy.Types.s tructType detail at -1216482740>:
{'hostname': '<removed>', 'faultData': <SOAPpy.Types.s tructType
faultData at -1216075252>: {'exception': None, 'message': 'Found
character data inside an array element while deserializing'} }>

<'nother snippet>
fileobj = open('testfile. txt', mode='r')
chararray = array.array('c' )
chararray.fromf ile(fileobj, stat('testfile. txt').st_size)
#chararray = fileobj.read()
fileobj.close()

soap.addAttachm entsToIssue(aut h,'TST-4','testfile.tx t',[chararray])

This one "works" in that it runs, but the server on the other end gets
garbage unrelated to the test file.

I've tried a few other other ideas including other modes for the array
(b/B), but those are the highlights.

[Dan Winsor]

Sybren Stuvel wrote:

Dan Winsor enlightened us with:

This one "works" in that it runs, but the server on the other end gets
garbage unrelated to the test file.

Are you sure it is garbage? Have you tried changing byte order?

Ah, that I hadn't. Any pointers to doing that?

[John Machin]

On 14/07/2006 10:41 AM, Dan Winsor wrote:

Sybren Stuvel wrote:

>Dan Winsor enlightened us with:

>>This one "works" in that it runs, but the server on the other end gets
garbage unrelated to the test file.

Are you sure it is garbage? Have you tried changing byte order?

Ah, that I hadn't. Any pointers to doing that?

You found array.array.byt eswap() in the manual and rejected it because ...?

[Dan Winsor]

John Machin wrote:

On 14/07/2006 10:41 AM, Dan Winsor wrote:

Sybren Stuvel wrote:

Dan Winsor enlightened us with:
This one "works" in that it runs, but the server on the other end gets
garbage unrelated to the test file.
Are you sure it is garbage? Have you tried changing byte order?

Ah, that I hadn't. Any pointers to doing that?

You found array.array.byt eswap() in the manual and rejected it because ...?

....you suggested it? :)

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

In <11************ **********@b28g 2000cwb.googleg roups.com>, Dan Winsor
wrote:

Sybren Stuvel wrote:

>da********@gmai l.com enlightened us with:

I want to send thorugh the API. However, no matter how I try it,
Java on the other end doesn't like what I'm passing it there.

What have you tried and how did it fail?

See below.

How can I mimic a byte array in python?

Strings?

OK, I'll put that attempt up front. Here's a couple of tries:

<test code snippet>
fileobj = open('testfile. txt', mode='r')
chararray = fileobj.read()
fileobj.close()

soap.addAttachm entsToIssue(aut h,'TST-4','testfile.tx t',chararray)

<fails with>
SOAPpy.Types.fa ultType: <Fault soapenv:Server. userException:
org.xml.sax.SAX Exception: Found character data inside an array element
while deserializing: <SOAPpy.Types.s tructType detail at -1216265236>:
{'hostname': '<removed>', 'faultData': <SOAPpy.Types.s tructType
faultData at -1216226708>: {'exception': None, 'message': 'Found
character data inside an array element while deserializing'} }>

In the Java snippet from your initial post the `chararray` argument was an
*array* of `Byte` arrays. A string is just an one dimensional "byte
array". Maybe it helps if you put `chararray` into a list!?

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

[Dan Winsor]

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:

In the Java snippet from your initial post the `chararray` argument was an
*array* of `Byte` arrays. A string is just an one dimensional "byte
array". Maybe it helps if you put `chararray` into a list!?

Yup, thanks, that was one that I did try with no improvement:
fileobj = open('testfile. txt', mode='r')
chararray = fileobj.read()
fileobj.close()

soap.addAttachm entsToIssue(aut h,'TST-4','scriptattac h.txt',[chararray])

fails with:
SOAPpy.Types.fa ultType: <Fault Server.userExce ption: No such operation
'addAttachments ToIssue': <SOAPpy.Types.s tructType detail at
-1216379924>: {'hostname': '<removed>'}>

which is an uglier and less informative trace unfortunately. Thanks,
though.

[Dan Winsor]

John Machin wrote:

On 14/07/2006 10:41 AM, Dan Winsor wrote:

Sybren Stuvel wrote:

Dan Winsor enlightened us with:
This one "works" in that it runs, but the server on the other end gets
garbage unrelated to the test file.
Are you sure it is garbage? Have you tried changing byte order?

Ah, that I hadn't. Any pointers to doing that?

You found array.array.byt eswap() in the manual and rejected it because ...?

Unfortunately, this yielded similar results as not byte swapping it.
Thanks for the pointer, though.

[Dan Winsor]

Nevermind. Did it in Java. Thanks anyway to all who gave suggestions.