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Below is code that modifies a fedora data stream using an axis client.

I had an error message like:
SAXException: Found character data inside an array element while deserializing
I did some looking around and found out that the line:
call.setOperationStyle(org.apache.axis.constants.Style.WRAPPED);
had to be inserted (see http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/axis-user@ws.apache.org/1855611.html and thanks Anne)

public void insertSequenceData(String NewXMl, String PID, String LogMessage) throws Exception {
  byte[] normalarr = NewXMl.getBytes("UTF-8");
  String[] altIds = new String[1];
  altIds[0] = "";
  // Use an axis client to call the Fedora webserver
  Service service = new Service();
  Call call = (Call) service.createCall();
  call.setOperationName(new QName(APIM_NS, "modifyDatastreamByValue") );
  call.setTargetEndpointAddress( new URL(URL_API_M));
  call.setUsername(fedoraUser);
  call.setPassword(fedoraPswd);
  // if the WRAPPED stlye is not used you get the evil error:
  // SAXException: Found character data inside an array element while deserializing
  // see 
  // http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/axis-user@ws.apache.org/1855611.html
  // for the solution.
  call.setOperationStyle(org.apache.axis.constants.Style.WRAPPED);
  Object[] obj_arr = new Object[] {
    PID, // The PID of the object.
    "STRUCT",        // The datastream ID.
    altIds, // Alternate identifiers for the datastream, if any.
    "METS StructMap for this object", //  The label for the datastream.
    "text/xml", //  The mime type.
    "",  //  Optional format URI of the datastream.
    normalarr,  //  The content of the datastream.
    null, //  The algorithm used to compute the checksum. One of "DEFAULT", "DISABLED", "MD5", "SHA-1", "SHA-256", "SHA-385", "SHA-512".
    null,  //  The value of the checksum represented as a hexadecimal string.
    LogMessage, //  A log message.
    false // Force the update even if it would break a data contract.
    };
  call.invoke( obj_arr); 
}