Does the OpenEdge Web Service client support MTOM?

Does the OpenEdge Web Service client support the SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism functionality?

Does the OpenEdge Web Service client support MTOM?

Currently the OpenEdge Web Service client supports SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 with no support for MTOM. There are currently no imminent plans to support MTOM.

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In OpenEdge 11.5.1 or later, use the HTTP client . The ABL programmer is responsible for coding the HTTP request, and for parsing the HTTP response if it contains a multipart message.

BLOCK-LEVEL ON ERROR UNDO, THROW.
USING OpenEdge.Net.HTTP.ClientBuilder.
USING OpenEdge.Net.HTTP.IHttpRequest.
USING OpenEdge.Net.HTTP.IHttpResponse.
USING OpenEdge.Net.HTTP.RequestBuilder.
USING OpenEdge.Core.WidgetHandle.
USING OpenEdge.Net.MessagePart.
USING OpenEdge.Net.MultipartEntity.
USING OpenEdge.Core.Memptr.
 
DEF VAR mData        AS MEMPTR.
DEF VAR hXmlDocument AS HANDLE.
DEF VAR oReq         AS IHttpRequest.
DEF VAR oResp        AS IHttpResponse.
DEF VAR mpEntity     AS MultipartEntity.
DEF VAR msgPart      AS MessagePart.

mpEntity  = NEW MultipartEntity().
mpEntity:Boundary = 'MIME_boundary'.
CREATE X-DOCUMENT hXmlDocument.
hXmlDocument:LOAD('file', SESSION:TEMP-DIR + 'soap.xml', FALSE).

// first part
msgPart = NEW MessagePart('application/soap+xml; charset=UTF-8', NEW WidgetHandle(hXmlDocument)).
msgPart:ContentID = '<image@insurance.com>'.
mpEntity:AddPart(msgPart).

// second part
COPY-LOB FILE SESSION:TEMP-DIR + 'smileyface.jpg' TO mData.
msgPart = NEW MessagePart('image/jpeg', NEW MEMPTR(mData)).
msgPart:ContentID = '<image@insurance.com>'.
mpEntity:AddPart(msgPart).
  
oReq = RequestBuilder:Post('http://mtom.url', mpEntity)
            :ContentType('Multipart/Related; boundary=MIME_boundary; type="application/soap+xml"; start="<claim@insurance.com>"')
            :Request.
            
oResp = ClientBuilder:Build():Client:Execute(oReq).

MESSAGE 
    oResp:StatusCode
    VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX.

 

References to Other Documentation:

IBM Knowledge Center: MTOM/XOP and SOAP
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGMCP_5.2.0/com.ibm.cics.ts.webservices.doc/mtomxop/dfhws_attachments_and_SOAP.html

Progress Article(s):
"Is there an HTTP client for OpenEdge ?"