I would be in favour of this. Note that this is fixed in .NET 1.1, when this patch is applied I would propose to add a note to bugzilla for removal from the next Axis release after .NET 1.1 is out. This to avoid accumulating bloat.
Thanks, - ArentJan -----Original Message----- From: David Marquard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: woensdag 19 februari 2003 23:46 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Request that zero length array interop patch be applied in time f or 1.1 final 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])
