Aache SOAP is expecting xsi:null='true' instead of xsi:null='1'
in <return xsi:null='true' xsi:type='bean.Person'></return>.
And I think (not sure) according to the w3 specs that is true.
Raju
<SOAP-env:
......
<getPersonResponse>
<return xsi:null='1' xsi:type='bean.Person'></return>
</getPersonResponse>
<SOAP-env>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Mani [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:48 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: null handling in apache soap2.2
>
> > This looks like a null object to me, with xsi:null='1':
> > <return xsi:null='1' xsi:type='bean.Person'></return>
> >
> > Wouldn't an empty Person object look like
> > <return xsi:type='bean.Person'><fieldname
> xsi:type='fieldType'/></return>
>
> Yup, that's what I thought too .. a bug in Apache SOAP ? Or are we
> missing something ?
>
> (btw, Sun's JAX-RPC implemetation also exhibits similar behaviour)
>
> -john
>
> >
> >
> >
> > "John Mani"
> > <john@sixthdimens To:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > ion.com> cc:
> > Subject: null handling
> in
> apache soap2.2
> > 05/04/2002 08:26
> > Please respond to
> > soap-user
> >
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> >
> >
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> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm implementing an apache SOAP client that interacts with a WebLogic
> 6.1
> > sp2
> > based SOAP server application.
> >
> > The server has a method that's supposed to return a null object.
> > For example,
> > Person getPerson(String id)
> > and if this 'id' is bogus, this method returns a null object. Note that
> the
> > Person
> > class is a standard JavaBean.
> >
> > Now, when I actually invoke this method on the weblogic hosted service
> with
> > a bogus id, I get the following XML fragment as the SOAP response:
> >
> > <SOAP-env:
> > ......
> > <getPersonResponse>
> > <return xsi:null='1' xsi:type='bean.Person'></return>
> > </getPersonResponse>
> > <SOAP-env>
> >
> > I was assuming that the SOAP deserializer would convert this into a
> 'null'
> > object.
> > Instead, within my apache based client, I get a Person object that has
> null
> > fields within.
> >
> > btw, I'm using Apache SOAP 2.2 on the client side, with the standard
> > BeanSerializer/BeanDeserializer used to marshall/unmarshall the .java
> > classes
> >
> > thanx
> > -john
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