I don't have much advanced Soap knowledge but here's some clues:
1) Before build your own Serializer and Deserializer have you looked at
the exchange of Java Beans? I don't know if it can be used in this
situation however.
2)I don't think you can do asynchronous call with Apache soap RPC.
Try looking at Apache - Axis (I know it's alpha), they have something about
Map exchange.
Good luck!
Steeve...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Wadmore) on 31/07/2001 10:26:47 AM
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Subject: RPC vs XML Messaging when using Maps
Hello everybody,
I am fairly new to Apache SOAP and need some help.
As part of my current project I am looking at using Maps containing other
Java objects of arbitrary depth as part of web service calls.
Regardless of whether I use RPC or XML messaging I would like to serialize
a Map into XML and deserialize XML into a Map.
If I use RPC I can simply register custom serializers/deserializers for
each complex type contained within the Map.
My questions are as follows:
1) If I use XML messaging, can I use custom serializers/deserializers to
convert between Java and XML or do I have to build my own serialization
classes from scaratch (i.e. are the Serializer and Deserializer interfaces
exclusive to RPC?)
2) If the web service call is asynchronous, am I restricted to using XML
Messaging or can I make an asynchronous RPC call (e.g. posting a message to
a JMS Queue exposed as a web service (is exposing a JMS queue as a web
service even possible??)).
I've spent all day looking at the Apache SOAP docs and the web and am
having real problems finding answers to my questions.
I hope somebody out there with more SOAP knowledge can help me.
Many Thanks In Advance
Paul Wadmore
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