Problem with MessageElement?

[Steve Pannier]

I have the following test program that makes use of the
org.apache.axis.MessageElement class:

import org.apache.axis.message.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class TestAxisApi {

    public TestAxisApi() {}

    public void run() {
        MessageElement parent = new MessageElement();
        parent.setName("PARENT");

        System.out.println("BEFORE adding child: parent: " +
parent.toString());
        MessageElement child = new MessageElement();
        child.setName("CHILD");
        parent.addChild(child);
        System.out.println(" AFTER adding child: parent: " +
parent.toString());

        try {
            Element element = parent.getAsDOM();
            System.out.println(" As an Element: " + element.toString());
        }
        catch (Exception ex) { System.out.println("Exception in getAsDOM: "
+ ex); }
        return;
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        TestAxisApi api = new TestAxisApi();
        api.run();
    }
}


When I execute this program, the output shows:

BEFORE adding child: parent: <PARENT/>
 AFTER adding child: parent: <PARENT/>
 As an Element: [PARENT: null]


Thus, I can't seem to create a MessageElement structure on the fly.  I
don't
know whether something like this is intended to work, or if I'm just not
using
the API correctly.  I realize that AXIS is being developed as I speak, so
maybe
this functionality simply hasn't been implemented yet?  Does anyone have
any idea what the case may be?

Thanks in advance.


Steve Pannier
Jacada, Inc.
(763) 268-6382
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http://www.jacada.com