Dennis, Everyone, - IF you *KNOW* a problem make sure there is a JIRA bug. - IF the JIRA bug is CLOSED. Make a comment in the bug report and i will re-open it. - IF the JIRA bug DOES NOT have a simple test case to recreate the bug, please add one.
IF we don't know a bug is there, we cannot fix it. Thanks, dims On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:18:37 -0800, Dennis Sosnoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Came across this thread when sorting through my backlog. Just for the > sake of anyone trying this, Axis is unable to work with the Amazon web > service interface. The problem is that Axis always sends elements with > xsi:nil="true" for values you set to null, even when the schema does not > mark those elements as nillable. This causes problems with Amazon, where > one element in particular is only supposed to have a particular value if > present (though that information is not included in the schema). Here's > an example schema fragment from the WSDL: > > <xs:element name="ItemSearch"> > <xs:complexType> > <xs:sequence> > <xs:element name="SubscriptionId" type="xs:string" > minOccurs="0"/> > <xs:element name="AssociateTag" type="xs:string" > minOccurs="0"/> > <xs:element name="XMLEscaping" type="xs:string" > minOccurs="0"/> > <xs:element name="Validate" type="xs:string" > minOccurs="0"/> > <xs:element name="Shared" > type="tns:ItemSearchRequest" minOccurs="0"/> > <xs:element name="Request" > type="tns:ItemSearchRequest" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> > </xs:sequence> > </xs:complexType> > </xs:element> > > Here's what Axis generates: > > POST /onca/soap?Service=AWSECommerceService HTTP/1.0 > Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 > Accept: application/soap+xml, application/dime, multipart/related, text/* > User-Agent: Axis/1.2RC3 > ... > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <soapenv:Envelope > xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" > xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> > <soapenv:Body> > <ItemSearch > xmlns="http://webservices.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/2005-01-19"> > <SubscriptionId>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</SubscriptionId> > <AssociateTag xsi:nil="true"/> > <XMLEscaping xsi:nil="true"/> > <Validate xsi:nil="true"/> > <Shared> > <Count lowestSetBit="2">12</Count> > <ResponseGroup>Medium</ResponseGroup> > <SearchIndex>Books</SearchIndex> > <Title>Java XML</Title> > </Shared> > <Request xsi:nil="true"/> > </ItemSearch> > </soapenv:Body> > </soapenv:Envelope> > > Note the AssociateTag, XMLEscaping, and Validate elements in this request. > > The problem was supposed to have been fixed some time ago: > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS-530 :-) Unfortunately the fix > doesn't work, as can be seen by the above results from RC3. :-( From > this and other experiences with Axis releases (including the >1 year > cycle for a point release) I'm starting to wonder if Axis has just > gotten to be such a mess of spaghetti code that it's no longer usable in > production. I've been training developers on Axis for some time. It's > embarrassing to have to spend much of the training time discussing known > issues and ways to work around them, but there doesn't appear to be any > alternative at present. > > - Dennis > > Dennis M. Sosnoski > Enterprise Java, XML, and Web Services > Training and Consulting > http://www.sosnoski.com > Redmond, WA 425.885.7197 > > BTW, the work-around for this case is to edit the Amazon WSDL and strip > out the optional elements you're not going to be using from the request > schema definitions. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Johan Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >Sorry Johan, > > > >I can not give you an url where you will find a finished service but I can > >tell you some information you would need. > > > >First of all you must register by amazon, so you will get an subscription > >Id which you need. > >Then you need for each request you send some filled standard informations. > >Therefore I can send you this link > >http://www.amazon.com/gp/aws/landing.html/ref=gw1_mm_4/104-3068958-8487102 > >or look under the amaozon website>male money>web service > > > >On this pages you will find some api's how to use the amazon wsdl. > > > >Hope this might help you a bit. > > > >Greetings Olaf > > > > > > > >>Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:25 AM > >>To: axis-user@ws.apache.org > >>Subject: Amazon and Axis > >>Importance: High > >> > >>Hello > >>I am a new Java Axis user and would like to know if anybody > >>knows where I can find a demo on how to use Amazon's web > >>services with Axis. > >> > >>Any help will be appreciated. > >> > >>Johan > >> > >>-- > >>No virus found in this outgoing message. > >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >>Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.4 - Release Date: 1/25/2005 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/