If a simpleType is defined in the wsdl file. For example:
<xsd:simpleType name="simple">
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
</xsd:simpleType>
WSDL2Java maps all references of the simpleType to the base type (in this
case java.lang.String).
WSDL2Java also emits typeMapping registrations in the stub and deploy
files. Here is the deploy file
typeMapping:
<typeMapping
xmlns:ns="urn:comprehensive-types.types.wsdl.test"
qname="ns:simple"
type="java:java.lang.String"
serializer
="org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.SimpleNonPrimitiveSerializerFactory"
deserializer
="org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.SimpleDeserializerFactory"
encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/";
/>
The problem is that this has the unfortunate side effect of serializing ALL
java.lang.String objects
as type "ns:simple"...which is definitely wrong!
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One alternative is to treat the case of
<xsd:simpleType name="simple">
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
</xsd:simpleType>
just like:
<xsd:complexType name="simple">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:string" />
</xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:complexType/>
This would solve the over-the-wire problem, but would have the side effect
of generating a Simple.java
class to represent the simpleType.
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Comments?
Rich Scheuerle
XML & Web Services Development
512-838-5115 (IBM TL 678-5115)
