(Java) Extract and Save PDF from SOAP XML

Demonstrates how to extract and save PDF file that is embedded in SOAP XML (or any XML).

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkXml xml = new CkXml();

    boolean success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/soap/soapWithPdf.xml");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(xml.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // The XML we loaded looks like this:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    //     <s:Body>
    //         <ObtenerPDFResponse xmlns="http://xyz.org/">
    //             <ObtenerPDFResult xmlns:a="http://schemas.xyz.org/something" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    //                 <a:CBB i:nil="true" />
    //                 <a:CodigoConfirmacion i:nil="true" />
    //                 <a:ErrorDetallado />
    //                 <a:ErrorGeneral i:nil="true" />
    //                 <a:FechaGenerada i:nil="true" />
    //                 <a:FolioGenerado i:nil="true" />
    //                 <a:OperacionExitosa>true</a:OperacionExitosa>
    //                 <a:PDF>JVBERi0xLjQKJe...</a:PDF>
    //                 <a:XML i:nil="true" />
    //             </ObtenerPDFResult>
    //         </ObtenerPDFResponse>
    //     </s:Body>
    // </s:Envelope>

    CkXml pdfElement = xml.FindChild("s:Body|ObtenerPDFResponse|ObtenerPDFResult|a:PDF");
    if (xml.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        System.out.println("Did not find the PDF element at the expected location.");
        return;
        }

    success = pdfElement.SaveBinaryContent("qa_output/out.pdf",false,false,"");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(xml.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Successfully extracted and saved the PDF.");
  }
}