I'd like to request that the patch in bug #17021 (http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17021) be applied in time for the 1.1 final release.
Currently, .Net 1.0 clients cannot deserialize objects from axis that contain zero length arrays due to a bug in Microsoft's deserializer. Basically, .Net 1.0's deserializer goes belly up if a zero length array doesn't have an explicit closing tag (i.e., <myArray/> fails, but <myArray></myArray> works). The patch adds a new configuration option to axis called "sendMinimizedElements", which when set to "false" causes axis to always send explicit closing tags for empty elements. This cleanly works around the Microsoft bug, but does not sacrafice axis's correctness. The default value of the new option is "true", which does not change axis's current behavior. The patch is extremely small (< 20 lines changed) and simple. It does not change axis's behavior unless a user explicitely sets the new configuration option to "false". All in all, it's a very safe patch that provides big bang for the buck on the interop side of things. Dave _________________________________________ Dave Marquard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
