I'm currently serializing/deserializing java objects...using doc/literal WSDL. Here are the steps I took.
1. Create a java class (should be just a container with getters and setters) that implements java.io.Serializable. 2. Client: Before calling the invoke method call the registerTypeMapping method on the call object to register you class with an appropriate serializer/deserializer. DTSRequestRouting is my container class. QName qn = new QName("http://www.datatransportstandard.com","DTSRequestRouting"); _call.registerTypeMapping(DTSRequestRouting.class, qn, new BeanSerializerFactory(DTSRequestRouting.class, qn), new BeanDeserializerFactory(DTSRequestRouting.class, qn)); 3. Service: Modify your deployment descriptor (.wsdd) file to include beanMapping elements for all of the objects you need to serialize/deserialize and deploy the service. <beanMapping xmlns:myNS="http://www.datatransportstandard.com" qname="myNS:DTSRequestRouting" languageSpecificType="java:com.datatransportstandard.www.utils.DTSRequestRouting" serializer="org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanSerializerFactory" deserializer="org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanDeserializerFactory"/> We use this object in the SOAP Header to determine routing information. I'm certainly not an expert, but this works for us. Hopefully, this helps. Mark A. Malinoski AES/PHEAA Technical Coordinator/Web Development 717-720-2413 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Levy, Avi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] te.wi.us> To "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" 11/23/2004 10:11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AM cc Subject Please respond to RE: Using a serializer and [EMAIL PROTECTED] deserializer he.org This helps. Thanks. However, I'm stil vage on how to deserialize XML into java objects (predefined classes). Thanks, -- AV -----Original Message----- From: toby cabot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Using a serializer and deserializer Don't know about any docs or tutorials but something like... void axisSerialize(Object report, Writer whereTo) throws IOException { SerializationContext ser = new SerializationContext(whereTo); ser.setPretty(true); ser.setSendDecl(true); AttributesImpl ns = new AttributesImpl(); // add attributes here ser.serialize(new QName("elementName"), ns, report, null, Boolean.FALSE, Boolean.FALSE); whereTo.flush(); } ... should get you pretty close. Make sure that you're using the latest and greatest Axis as there have been a few bugs fixed recently.