again: c# apache axis arrays

[paulm rhoades]

i am struglling with a common problem but can't find the answer in the multitude of discussions, so i am...

a) write java service interface
b) use Java2WSDL to create wsdl file
c) use wsdl.exe to generate c# stub
d) deploy java service to tomcat/axis using RPC, Wrapped, Literal service configuration

so, i can pass simple javabeans to and fro but once a add an array to my java bean the contents do not get passed (i.e. array.length = 0). i've tried switching to document mode but then the C# code throws exceptions. i have looked at the wsdl and it seems to generate correctly, here's an extract....

  
<complexType name="ArrayOfPerformanceVO">
  <sequence>
    <element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="item" type="impl :-P	 erformanceVO"/>
  </sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="PerformanceVO">
  <sequence>
    <element name="pvos" nillable="true" type="impl:ArrayOfPerformanceVO"/>
  </sequence>
</complexType>

what am i missing?

[James Clinton]

Here is an example I always build from.
I also tend to always go from wsdl to source code.

<complexType name="Recording">
    <sequence>
     <element name="artistName" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
     <element name="category" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
     <element name="imageName" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
     <element name="price" type="xsd  :mrgreen:  ouble"/>
     <element name="recordingId" type="xsd:int"/>
     <element name="stockCount" type="xsd:int"/>
     <element name="title" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
    </sequence>
   </complexType>

The Array of Recording

<complexType name="ArrayOf_tns1_Recording">
    <complexContent>
     <restriction base="soapenc:Array">
      <attribute ref="soapenc:arrayType" 
                 wsdl:arrayType="tns1:Recording[]"/>
     </restriction>
    </complexContent>
   </complexType>

HTH
[ November 08, 2005: Message edited by: James Clinton ]

[paulm rhoades]

ok - i tried doing wsdl -> java (using wsdl2Java) and wsdl -> c++ (using wsdl.exe) but still no joy deserializing an array in the C# client - i'm playing catchup here, but - i think my java side is ok - i've just used TCPMonitor and the object being passed from java service to the C# client contains correct entries (i.e. array elements) so it seems that the c# client is discarding the array data?

[paulm rhoades]

ok solved this - the problem was that the generated wsdl was incorrect...

<complexType name="ArrayOfPerformanceVO">
<sequence>
<element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="item" type="impl erformanceVO"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>

i replaced "item" with "pvos" as found in the xml returned by the java server and all worked fine.