I figured it out - I'll post just send this for the archives - the way to create an entity and add it to a contextMap
<make-value value-field="productCat" entity-name="ProductCategory"/> <set field="productCat.productCategoryTypeId" value="CATALOG_CATEGORY"/> <set field="productCat.categoryName" value="TEST2"/> <set-service-fields to-map="contextMap" service-name="createProductCategory" map="productCat"/> <call-service service-name="createProductCategory" in-map-name="contextMap"/> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Patrick <patrickinminneapo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David > How do I put an entity into a context / contextMap? Thanks Patrick > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:17 PM, David E Jones <d...@me.com> wrote: >> >> The map passed to a service call is the "context" (incoming parameters) for >> that service. >> >> You're passing an entity value object to the service as the context instead >> of putting the entity value object IN the context and then passing the >> context. There are two problems with that: >> >> 1. the entity value object will likely have values in it that are not valid >> for the service >> 2. the service engine is going to look for values in the value object that >> are not part of the entity, thus triggering an error meant to help with >> run-time debugging >> >> -David >> >> >> On Jan 31, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Patrick wrote: >> >>> Basically I am trying to pass a ProductCategory into the service >>> createProductCategory below >>> >>> <simple-method method-name="createUserLoginAndCategory" >>> login-required="false"> >>> <make-value value-field="productCat" entity-name="ProductCategory"/> >>> <set field="productCat.productCategoryId" value="778"/> >>> <set field="productCat.categoryName" value="TEST"/> >>> <call-service service-name="createProductCategory" in-map-name="productCat" >>> /> >>> >>> I would like to create this entity "ProductCategory" and pass it into >>> the service "createProductCategory" >>> >>> The error I get is this, java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: >>> [GenericEntity.set] "userLogin" is not a field of ProductCategory, >>> must be one of: productCategoryId, productCategoryTypeId, >>> >>> This doesn't make sense to me, because I know that userLogin is not a >>> field of ProductCategory, my code doesn't indicate that at all. >>> Thanks in advance for any assistance. Patrick >> >> >
