hi there,
GLUE, our web services platform that is free for most commercial
uses, includes a new dynamic java/xml mapping system that will
soon be available as a free standalone package.
the java/xml mapping system can serialize/deserialize *any*
java object to xml without requiring any modifications.
it uses the standard SOAP encoding scheme, and supports
cyclic references, arrays, anytype, etc.
in addition, you can override the default mapping by supplying
an annotated schema, which lets you control the mapping
without having to write any custom mapping code.
here's the GLUE home page:
http://www.themindelectric.com/products/glue/glue.html
cheers,
graham
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Catlett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:39 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RPC vs XML Messaging when using Maps
There is an opensource project called castor from exolab.org that
provides a mapping framework between java objects and xml documents, all
you have to do is write the schema.
Rich Catlett
Paul Wadmore wrote:
> 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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