John Delaney wrote:
Fabricio
It is entirely possible. You have to make sure that you define the
interface properly on both sides. Use the xsd:AnyType to describe you
java object. The only things that doesn't work completely are the
signatures of the methods in your web service, get used to giving each
method a unique name.
Yes, it's possible, but do you really want to? Usually, the main motivation for
using web services is interoperability with other platforms. You want your web
service to be able to service requests from .NET clients, Perl clients, COBOL
clients, etc. The service's WSDL is a contract; it should completely describe
all messages that might be sent, and using xsd:anyType makes your contract
useless to your clients. (Yes, I know .NET does it all the time; the result is
that many .NET services can be consumed only by .NET clients.) If you really
need to pass around generic Java objects, RMI is a better choice than web services.
Mike
