Once the response string is formed, you need to free the local memory allocated to "retVal".
-----Original Message----- From: Dr. Florian Steinborn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 6:47 PM To: axis-c-user@ws.apache.org Subject: [AXIS2C] memory management Hi friends, just a "simple" question... When you define a webservice that has an operation that returns a string, you probably will get a generated function similiar to this: /* starts here */ axis2_getStringResponse_t* axis2_skel_<servicename>_getString ( const axutil_env_t *env , axis2_getString_t* getString ) { axis2_getStringResponse_t* getStringRes = NULL; axis2_char_t* retVal = NULL ; retVal = (axis2_char_t*) malloc( sizeof(char) * 20); strncpy( retVal, "NONSENS", 20); getStringRes = axis2_getStringResponse_create( env); axis2_getStringResponse_set_return( getStringRes, env, retVal) ; return getStringRes; } /* ends here */ The big question is: who cares for the memory allocated in "retVal" ? Do I have to free it or is it freed automatically by the Axis2 machine after serializing the answer? A small string may not be interesting but when you have to fill structs or arrays of structs... ? Thanks, Flori --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
