From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2013-05-28T00:36:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Converting an xml file to byte array in ruby

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On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Khudadad Kazi <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> Can someone help me with converting an xml file to byte array in ruby ?
> I have a requirement to send a file as a byte array to a SOAP based web
> service.
>

That sounds so wrong.  I mean, you have XML and a protocol which uses XML
messages - and it's especially tailored to allow for embedding arbitrary
XML content in the message body.  Why send as a "byte array"?  What is this
supposed to mean anyway?


> I have created ruby methods to do some other functions which deal with
> strings and arrays. But I am unable to convert file to byte array to use
> it with a particular method.
>

The thing which comes closes to a "byte array" in Ruby is a String with
encoding "BINARY".

Cheers

robert


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