web service client should send file

I am using axis2 to develop web service. Client has to send file and server should extract data from file. How can i do that?
Is it possible to send more than one file at a time?
Please let me know the answer as soon as possible.

Thanks in advance.

create an attribute in wsdl format to pass string. Now Send your file in form of string frmo client side. on the server side it can be get in form of string again

thank u....
I developed web service to upload file using axis2 via MTOM.
But the problem is I am able to upload file only in axis2 not in tomcat server.even i enabled mtom in axis2.xml.
can anyone tell me what is the solution for this..

Hi!
Flies sent with SOAP messages are preferrable handled using SAAJ, the SOAP with Attachments API. Including attachment data inside a SOAP message is generally not a good idea.
For more information and a tutorial, see http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/doc/bnbhf.html
Best wishes!