[xgws-user] Support to response arrays?

[Aleksander Slominski]

Andre P. wrote:
> Hey there Alek! That was me again asking, and you again answering!
> hehehe, THANKS!
> You figured that out, it's really SOAPEnc (take a look in another
> snippet of the wsdl:)
>
> - <#> <s:complexType name ="*ResultElementArray*">
> - <#>    <s:complexContent>
> - <#>      <s:restriction base ="*soapenc:Array*">
>           <s:attribute ref="*soapenc:arrayType *"
> wsdl:arrayType="*typens: *ZipQueryResult*[]*" />
>     </s:restriction>
>   </s:complexContent>
> </s:complexType>
>
> This (SOAPEnc) actually doesn't conforme with the WS-I especs, right? 
i think that is correct - and soapenc is hard for interoperability ....
> (R2110: In a DESCRIPTION, declarations MUST NOT extend or restrict the
> soapenc:Array type).
> I really don't know why people still develops WS that do not conform
> with the WS-I ! hehehe
:-)

best,

alek
>
> Thanks for you help and explanations!
>
> Andre
>
> On 11/9/06, * Aleksander Slominski* <aslom_at_cs.indiana.edu
> <mailto:aslom_at_cs.indiana.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Andre P. wrote:
>     > Hello list!
>     >
>     > May I, using XSUL (the Dynamic Invoker), handle SOAP responses that
>     > come into arrays, for example:
>     >
>     > ######## The WSDL (snippet):
>     >
>     > <s:complexType name="ZipQuery">
>     >  <s:all>
>     >    <s:element name="ZipCode" type="s:int" />
>     >  </s:all>
>     > </s:complexType>
>     >
>     > <s:complexType name="ZipQueryResult">
>     >  <s:all>
>     >    <s:element name="ZipCode" type="s:int" />
>     >    <s:element name="Settlement" type="s:string" />
>     >    <s:element name="SettlementType" type="s:string" />
>     >    <s:element name="City" type="s:string" />
>     >    <s:element name="State" type="s:string" />
>     >  </s:all>
>     > </s:complexType>
>     >
>     > ######## The response comes like these:
>     >
>     > <responseZipCode>
>     >   <place n1:type="SOAP-ENC:Array"
>     n2:arrayType="ns1:ZipQueryResult[0]"
>     > xmlns:n1=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>     > xmlns:n2="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" />
>     > </responseZipCode>
>     >
>     >
>     > The big question is, how can I get/extract the ZipCode, Settlement,
>     > City, etc from the response array (ZipQueryResult[0]).
>     this is not array - something must be missing in your schema as
>     ZipQueryResult is just a struct moreover it looks a bit like SOAPEnc -
>     those are not really supported as they are hard ot impossible to
>     describe i nXML Schemas. fo doc literal/array you
>     should use sequence of ZipQueryResult with minOccurs 0 and unbounded
>     maxOccurs - typical example
>
>     <complexType name='ArrayOfZipQueryResult'>
>       <sequence>
>            <element name='item' type='typens:ZipQueryResult'
>     maxOccurs='unbounded'/>
>       </sequence>
>     </complexType>
>
>     best,
>
>     alek
>
>     --
>     The best way to predict the future is to invent it - Alan Kay
>
>


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