I would appreciate some comments on the proposal to make the runtime 'wsdl aware'
For example, if the following is recieved off the wire: <echoParam> <param>123</param> </echoParam> There is no way to determine how to deserialize the data because the type attribute is not specified. But if the runtime is 'wsdl aware' it could examine the wsdl and determine the type of <param> and do the proper deserialization. Making the runtime 'wsdl aware' would also allow axis to check xml instances coming over the wire against the format described in the wsdl. I suspect that other non-axis runtimes may already be doing this. Making the runtime 'wsdl aware' would also eliminate the extra information that is generated in the skeleton classes. The serializers/deserializers would need to be changed to traverse the wsdl/xml during serialization/deserialization. Has anyone given this any thought? Rich Scheuerle XML & Web Services Development 512-838-5115 (IBM TL 678-5115)
