Implementation ideas for Web Service request for file transfer

Question

I have a web service application written in Java - we use Glassfish as the Application Server. And a client for the web service written in .NET. As a result of a request made to the web service I would like to transfer a file from the server to the client. What would you recommend I use ?

Answer 1

One way would be for your web service to return a string, which is a base64-encoded version of the file. Then the client would decode the string to get the file back.