There is no built-in support for the Java char data type. You would need to write your own serializer and deserializer to use it. You can look at the StringDeserializer for a guide to how to deserialize, and the cleanSer instance in SOAPMappingRegistry for a guide to how to serialize.
Scott Nichol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jianliang Zhao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:37 PM Subject: RE: Char datatypes with SOAP I got the same problem and didn't find anything in the documentation to deal with it. Could someone give us a solution? -----Original Message----- From: Alphonsus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 2002?10?3? 12:21 To: SOAP List Subject: Char datatypes with SOAP Hi all, has anyone had trouble using char properties with Apache SOAP? TIA, Alphonsus.