Document literal with complex data types

[Frank Cohen]

It suprises me how little knowledge is out there for a Java developer 
to learn how to write Web Service consumers (clients) that can handle 
document-literal encoding of complex data types. I found a very good 
article on this topic at: 
http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=674

I manage an open source utility and framework for testing Web Services 
for scalability and performance. (Details on TestMaker are at 
http://www.pushtotest.com) I'm working on a more advanced Wizard to 
create test agent scripts for SOAP-based Web Services. The new Wizard 
will write a Jython script that makes a doc-lit/complex-type call to a 
service.

One of the things I've noticed about WSDL from a .NET Web Service is 
the use of schema include statements. In a <types><schemas> element 
I'll find something like this:

<s:import 
namespace="http://schemas.webservices.payroll-service.biz/payroll/"; 
schemaLocation="payroll.xsd"/>

WSDL4J, JDOM and other WSDL handling libraries do not appear to handle 
an import. I found an open-source library that tries to do an XML 
include: http://xincluder.sourceforge.net/

I'm wondering if anyone knows how to best handle an import?
-Frank Cohen
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Frank Cohen, PushToTest, http://www.PushToTest.com, phone: 408 374 7426
Author of "Java Testing and Design: From Unit Tests to Automated Web 
Tests"
from Prentice Hall, details at http://thebook.pushtotest.com