Use a wrapper object with the primitive class:
new Parameter("forceAdd", boolean.class, new Boolean(false), null);
Andy.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chad La Joie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 01 October 2001 13:20
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Passing primitive in RPC calls
>
>
> I've looked through the archives and noticed a lot of people
> asking about
> how you pass primitive data types in RPC calls, yet I haven't
> seen any
> comprehensive answers. So let me ask the question in a different way.
>
> I want to pass a primitive in an RPC call. I understand that
> I can wrap it
> in it's java.lang equivalent, however, how does the service know to
> deserialize that back into a primitive as opposed to the
> wrapper class for
> my method?
>
> Here is an example. I have the following method exposed for
> use by SOAP
>
> addChannel(ChannelMetadata metadata, boolean forceAdd)
>
> and I create an RPC Parameter as follows
>
> new Parameter("forceAdd", Boolean.class, new Boolean(false), null);
>
> Now does the SOAP server use reflection to determine I need a
> boolean and
> hence pass a boolean primitive to the above method, or is it going to
> blindly pass a Boolean? If it does pass a Boolean, how can I
> get it to
> pass a boolean?
>
> Chad La Joie "It is true that you never know what
> Middleware Services you have until it is gone,
> but it is also
> IS&C - Virginia Tech true that you never know what you've
> been missing until it arrives."
>
