public static Handler.InvocationResponse processURLRequest(MessageContext msgContext,
    OutputStream out,
    String contentType) throws AxisFault 
{
        // here, only the parameters in the URI are supported. Others will be discarded.
        try {
            if (contentType == null || "".equals(contentType)) {
                contentType = HTTPConstants.MEDIA_TYPE_X_WWW_FORM;
            }
            // set the required properties so that even if there is an error during the dispatch
            // phase the response message will be passed to the client well. 
            msgContext.setDoingREST(true);
            msgContext.setProperty(MessageContext.TRANSPORT_OUT, out);
            String charSetEncoding = BuilderUtil.getCharSetEncoding(contentType);
            msgContext.setProperty(Constants.Configuration.CHARACTER_SET_ENCODING, charSetEncoding);
            // 1. First dispatchAndVerify and find out the service and the operation.
            dispatchAndVerify(msgContext);
            SOAPEnvelope soapEnvelope;
            try {
                soapEnvelope = TransportUtils
                        .createSOAPMessage(msgContext, null, contentType);
            } catch (XMLStreamException e) {
                throw AxisFault.makeFault(e);
            }
            msgContext.setEnvelope(soapEnvelope);
        } catch (AxisFault axisFault) {
            throw axisFault;
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
            throw AxisFault.makeFault(e);
        } finally {
            String messageType =
                    (String) msgContext.getProperty(Constants.Configuration.MESSAGE_TYPE);
            if (HTTPConstants.MEDIA_TYPE_X_WWW_FORM.equals(messageType) ||
                    HTTPConstants.MEDIA_TYPE_MULTIPART_FORM_DATA.equals(messageType)) {
                msgContext.setProperty(Constants.Configuration.MESSAGE_TYPE,
                                       HTTPConstants.MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION_XML);
            }
        }
        return invokeAxisEngine(msgContext);
}

 public static Handler.InvocationResponse processXMLRequest(MessageContext msgContext,
    InputStream in,
    OutputStream out,
    String contentType) throws AxisFault 
{
        try {
            msgContext.setDoingREST(true);
            String charSetEncoding = BuilderUtil.getCharSetEncoding(contentType);
            msgContext.setProperty(Constants.Configuration.CHARACTER_SET_ENCODING, charSetEncoding);
            dispatchAndVerify(msgContext);
            in = HTTPTransportUtils.handleGZip(msgContext, in);
            SOAPEnvelope soapEnvelope = TransportUtils
                    .createSOAPMessage(msgContext, in, contentType);
            msgContext.setEnvelope(soapEnvelope);
            msgContext.setProperty(Constants.Configuration.CONTENT_TYPE,
                                   contentType);
            msgContext.setProperty(MessageContext.TRANSPORT_OUT, out);
        } catch (AxisFault axisFault) {
            throw axisFault;
        } catch (XMLStreamException e) {
            throw AxisFault.makeFault(e);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw AxisFault.makeFault(e);
        } finally {
            String messageType =
                    (String) msgContext.getProperty(Constants.Configuration.MESSAGE_TYPE);
            if (HTTPConstants.MEDIA_TYPE_X_WWW_FORM.equals(messageType) ||
                    HTTPConstants.MEDIA_TYPE_MULTIPART_FORM_DATA.equals(messageType)) {
                msgContext.setProperty(Constants.Configuration.MESSAGE_TYPE,
                                       HTTPConstants.MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION_XML);
            }
        }
        return invokeAxisEngine(msgContext);
}