This is a tough one. I forget how spoiled I have become in just a few short years of Java-only coding! :-)
I would investigate how the other C/C++ SOAP implementation do it and follow their lead. I don't think we need to reinvent the wheel. I would have 2 implementations set up (WASP and GLUE maybe) that you can cross check behavior in the C++ world so that Axis isn't different in cases like these. Particularly in the WSDL2C++ case. -- Tom Jordahl Macromedia Server Development -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: writing C++ methods that passes and/or returns arrays Hi all, Passing arrays as parameters to a method ---------------------------------------- Doing this C++ differs from Java. Usually in C++ we pass the size of the array in another parameter so that inside the method it know the size of the array. In Java this is not a problem because an Array itself is a class that has the size. So a method in java, int EchoIntArray(int []) corresponds to int EchoArray(int [], int) in C++. Suppose some one needs to write a web service for this method and the method signature that the WSDL describes corresponds to the method signature in Java exactly but not the C++ one. So how should a C++ developer implement his service corresponding to the WSDL ? This way that we (Axis C++) asks the C++ web service developer should be decided in order to improve Wrapper Class Generator (WCG) to handle passing and returning arrays from methods. I find that we can give 2 solutions, 1. Introduce Axis C++ own Array class. So the method signature becomes int EchoIntArray(AxisArray a) 2. Ask the C++ developer to specify the meaning of other parameters by using a predefined Axis C++ macro. Then the method signature becomes, int EchoIntArray(int [], ARRAYINSIZE int); Which is the best option to choose. IMO I like second. Also if you find any other solution please discuss. Comments on this is very much appreciated. Thanks, Susantha. -- Lanka Software Foundation (http://www.opensource.lk) Promoting Open-Source Development in Sri Lanka
