Re: backwards compatability

2003-08-27 Thread Sanjay Krishnamurthi
When you add a new element to your type, how the client is impacted really depends on how the deserializer has been coded assuming it relies on Axis serializers/deserialiers. (It is not really a java issue : Note that stubs have already been generated) Ideally bean deserializer should simply igno

Re: backwards compatability

2003-08-27 Thread Anne Thomas Manes
Cory, If you're using MESSAGE style services, then, yes, I would expect the client to be able to handle the change -- no sweat. If you're using RPC, WRAPPED, or DOCUMENT style, I would expect the deserializer to barf. Java's not too good at handling the dynamic introduction of a new element in

backwards compatability

2003-08-26 Thread Cory Wilkerson
All, We've recently added a new member to an object being returned in our response payload. Basically we've added a simple type to a complex type that clients are used to consuming. We've appropriately updated our WSDL and I've updated our custom serializer to return the new member. My questio