AttachmentPart getDataHandler() Method

Description

The Javax.xml.soap.AttachmentPart.getDataHandler() method gets the DataHandler object for this AttachmentPart object.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for javax.xml.soap.AttachmentPart.getDataHandler() method

public abstract DataHandler getDataHandler()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the DataHandler object associated with this AttachmentPart object

Exception

SOAPException − if there is no data in this AttachmentPart object.

Example

The following example shows the usage of javax.xml.soap.AttachmentPart.getDataHandler() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.xml.soap.*;

public class AttachmentPartDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
      try {

         // create a new SOAPMessage
         SOAPMessage message = MessageFactory.newInstance().createMessage();

         // create a string as a new attachment 
         String attachment = "This is an attachment";

         // get the data handler and assign the attachment
         DataHandler handler = new DataHandler(attachment, "HandlerHeader");

         // create the attachment part
         AttachmentPart attachPart = message.createAttachmentPart(handler);

         // add the attachment part in the message
         message.addAttachmentPart(attachPart);

         // get the content type
         System.out.println(""
                 + attachPart.getDataHandler().getContentType());

      } catch (Exception ex) {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

If we compile the code and execute it, this will produce the following result −

HandlerHeader