Can i have a BPEL process accept some attachments in Oracle..?!?

Hi friends...!
Can anybody please let me know if there is support for letting a BPEL Process accept some attachment (say an image, a doc, etc..) ??
Should we use SOAPwithAttachments(SwA) for this..??
Are there any examples for doing this..? Is it supported ?
I felt a better, more convenient way is to cleverly design a Human Task in-between...& have the first user "manually UPLOAD" a file as a task Attachment...[there is nice support for it in the Work-List App..!]
Please let me know your views on this ASAP..
Thanks a lot in advance...

Yes it can:
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/integrate.1013/b28981/manipdoc.htm

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