Whoops! I didn't test the method as a web service. This isn't the first time I have found that how a method functions differs depending on how you call it. IMHO, a method called inside a CFC, outside a CFC, or as a web service should act the same. Thus, if a method can't return XML as a web service then it shouldn't be able to return XML any way.
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: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:04 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
