The purpose of the AnyContentType is to have an interface in common for all
types that contain an xsd:any element definition, so that utilities can
assume the availability of the get_any and set_any operations without
knowing the actual type. There is no type or construct in wsdl that maps to
Element as far as I know, and the fact that xsd:any elements do not get
deserialized into DOM Elements automatically (but instead MessageElements)
can be a big performance gain.
/Thomas
At 05:19 AM 7/11/2003 -0600, Doug Davis wrote:
What's the purpose behind the AnyContentType class?
I have a feeling it might to support any generic chunk of XML as a param in
the RPC case, but if so why not just use Element?
-Dug
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