can web service method return result by reference?
Meir Yan
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Hello all i wader if i have simple method that is part of class that converted to web service can this method return objects by reference ?
Ulf Dittmer
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A reference (i.e., a pointer) to an object is only valid within one JVM. Once an object has been serialized in some form (like into SOAP) and sent somewhere else, a reference to it has no meaning, so the answer is no.
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