Can I easily create an XML Document in Java and pass to a .NET Web Service?

If I have a .NET Web Service with a method that accepts an XMLDocument as an input parameter, can a Java Program supply that same datatype, or is an "XMLDocument" in .NET different from what is available in Java (I have .NET but basically no Java experience).

Also - I know in .NET programs, you can easily call WS methods much like any other class/obj methods; is it similar in Java, or much more complex to do something like this (eg, do you have to manually take care of all the SOAP stuff).

Thx.

If you can obtain the WSDL file for the Web Service, you can use a variety of Java tools to help generate stub code and object types to work with the .NET Web Service. The beauty of web services is that they tend to be application agnostic. I say "tend to be" because it is possible to embed binary objects in the XML document, but that sort of goes against the spirit of services.

Take a look at the Apache XML Bean website for one way to work with the XML document. Another option is the Sun JAXP (Java XML Parser). I tend to like the Apache XML Bean option as more of the IDEs seem to be moving that way.

** Edit **
Oh, you can also work with the xsd files for the document types too. If you plan to call the service though, the WSDL file is probably more convenient to work with.