Hmmmm... Changing the sample code below to have a return type of "xml" and leaving all else the same yields an exception, seen in the Axis fault code as "Could not resolve CFC datatype: xml", just as Tony copied in below.
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:mliotta@;r337.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:55 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml I have found that setting the return type to XML works just fine as long as the data is returned as a string. It will not work if you try and return an XML object. <cfreturn xmlObj> fails! <cfreturn ToString(xmlObj)> works! Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Erat [mailto:serat@;macromedia.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:53 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > I have to agree with Matt regarding the application design goals and that > the best means for that particular solution might be to provide raw XML as > a HTTP response. > > However, to attack the problem of returning XML from a CFMX Web Service, I > found that I was not able to return an XML object unless I converted it to > a string first. And as Tony pointed out, setting the return type of > CFFUNCTION to "xml" is not legal, ... yet. > > This small example did work, in the end, to display the XML result. > > C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\xml_test.cfc > ================================ > <CFCOMPONENT displayname="Return Simple XML"> > <CFFUNCTION name="getXML" access="remote" returntype="any" > output="No"> > <CFSCRIPT> > xmlDoc = XMLNew(); > xmlDoc.theRoot = XmlElemNew(xmlDoc,"theRoot"); > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[1] = > XmlElemNew(xmlDoc,"aChildNode"); > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[1].XmlText = "foo"; > > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[1].XmlAttributes["type"] = "1"; > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[2] = > XmlElemNew(xmlDoc,"aChildNode"); > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[2].XmlText = "bar"; > > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[2].XmlAttributes["type"] = "2"; > </CFSCRIPT> > <CFSET tmpXml = toString(xmlDoc)> > > <CFRETURN tmpXml> > > <!--- > <CFRETURN xmlDoc> > ---> > > </CFFUNCTION> > </CFCOMPONENT> > > > C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\xml_test.cfm > ================================ > <CFSETTING showdebugoutput="No"> > <CFSCRIPT> > objXML = > createObject("webservice","http://localhost/xml_test.cfc?wsdl";); > xmlDoc = objXML.getXML(); > </CFSCRIPT> > <CFCONTENT type="text/xml"> > <CFOUTPUT>#xmlDoc#</CFOUTPUT> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:mliotta@;r337.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:07 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > > I'm not sure why you want to return an XML document to a consumer of > your web service. That would essentially mean your web service would be > encapsulating an XML document inside of an XML document (SOAP). If you > just want a client to receive an XML document, skip web services and > just provide the XML document as the HTTP response. > > If you could share what you are really trying to do we could probably > help better with that. However, if you really need to send an XML > document via a web service then you should return it as an encoded > string. > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:tony@;navtrak.net] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:00 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > > > i could share it, but i got it....it was the problem that > > i had an application.cfm file, and when invoking the webservice, it > > didnt > > pull some vars that i had set in there, i hard coded them > > and i got it! > > > > now, the problem is i just want to return an xml feed back to the > > consumer > > and using xml as a datatype doesnt jive? > > > > any ideas? > > > > thanks. > > tony. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:mliotta@;r337.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:50 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > > > > > Can you share some code, so we can see what is going on? > > > > Matt Liotta > > President & CEO > > Montara Software, Inc. > > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:tony@;navtrak.net] > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:47 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > > > > > matt > > > > > > you had mention the use of the return datatype being > > > xml as an ok one to use....error... > > > > > > AXIS error > > > Sorry, something seems to have gone wrong... here are the details: > > > > > > > [coldfusion.xml.rpc.SkeletonClassLoader$UnresolvedCFCDataTypeException > > : > > > Could not resolve CFC datatype: xml] > > > > > > and even this one... > > > > > > AXIS error > > > Sorry, something seems to have gone wrong... here are the details: > > > > > > > [coldfusion.xml.rpc.SkeletonClassLoader$UnresolvedCFCDataTypeException > > : > > > Could not resolve CFC datatype: structure] > > > > > > wtf!!!! > > > > > > ...tony > > > > > > tony weeg > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > www.revolutionwebdesign.com > > > rEvOlUtIoN wEb DeSiGn > > > 410.334.6331 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. 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