Hi Mark, You can do the same thing as we did, when we implemented AxisMora.
Let's call what you return from your web service as "ReturnValue". Step 1:: Register your result in the "DefaultTypeMappingImpl" In "org.apache.axis.encoding.DefaultTypeMappingImpl" you have to register the your "ResultValue" object. For example, in our AxisMora, all the web services return values that implement the "org.apache.axismora.encoding.Serializable.java". We have written the following code in the DefaultTypeMappingImpl. myRegister(org.apache.axismora.Constants.SOAP_RESULT, org.apache.axismora.encoding.Serializable.class, new org.apache.axismora.encoding.SerializableSerializerFactory(), null); You can look at the code at; http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/ws-axis/contrib/axismora/src/org/apache/axis/encoding/DefaultTypeMappingImpl.java Step 2:: Set the "ResultValue" to the SOAPBody as below, SOAPBodyElement bo = new SOAPBodyElement(); bo.setObjectValue(this.resultValue); Then you have to set this SOAPBody to SOAPEnvelope and call the "output(SerializationContext )" method of the SOAP envelope and flush the writer you have set in the SerializationContext. You can look at; http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/ws-axis/contrib/axismora/src/org/apache/axismora/soap/BasicMessageContext.java There should be slight variations from this mehtod, because we keep soapHeaders and bodies seprately, but basically Axis keeps them together. But this method shows you basically that you have to do. Best Regards, Dimuthu. -- Lanka Software Foundation http://www.opensource.lk > Hi > I have a SOAP client which uses my own provider. In the provider I call > another method - not through the method.invoke but through other means. > But I want to send the reply through a SOAP msg. So is there a way for > me to add the return value into the SOAP msg and reconstruct the SOAP > reply msg? Can I use messageContext for that? Can someon pls point me to > code samples? > > > > thanks > Mark > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now