so either way, good morning by the way, should I just have them make an http request to a page, that is waiting for those values...to be posted, and just return xml? is that what im hearing here?
well, either way, it was cool to do my first webservice and make it work!!!! ..tony Tony Weeg Senior Web Developer Information System Design Navtrak, Inc. Fleet Management Solutions www.navtrak.net 410.548.2337 -----Original Message----- From: Steven Erat [mailto:serat@;macromedia.com] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:44 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml Calling the object as a component rather than a web service does turn up an inconsistency, although its not to do with the returntype. In either case, I am not able to use a returnType of "xml". The web service error is further down below, and calling it as a component yields the following: "The value returned from function getXML() is not of type xml." Here's a summary of what I've found so far: - createObject("component","xml_test") - Can CFRETURN the XML object itself - Must use returntype="any" in CFFUNCTION - Error from returntype="xml" "Could not resolve CFC datatype: xml" - Outputting component result, convert to string, then display <CFCONTENT type="text/xml"> <CFOUTPUT>#ToString(xmlDoc)#</CFOUTPUT> - createObject("webservice","http://localhost/xml_test.cfc?wsdl";) - Can only CFRETURN ToString(XML object) - Must use returntype="any" in CFFUNCTION - Error from returntype="xml" "The value returned from function getXML() is not of type xml." - Outputting Web Service result, display the returned string <CFCONTENT type="text/xml"> <CFOUTPUT>#xmlDoc#</CFOUTPUT> -----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:mliotta@;r337.com] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:18 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml Whoops! I didn't test the method as a web service. This isn't the first time I have found that how a method functions differs depending on how you call it. IMHO, a method called inside a CFC, outside a CFC, or as a web service should act the same. Thus, if a method can't return XML as a web service then it shouldn't be able to return XML any way. Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Erat [mailto:serat@;macromedia.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:04 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > Hmmmm... Changing the sample code below to have a return type of "xml" and > leaving all else the same yields an exception, seen in the Axis fault code > as "Could not resolve CFC datatype: xml", just as Tony copied in below. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:mliotta@;r337.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:55 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > > I have found that setting the return type to XML works just fine as long > as the data is returned as a string. It will not work if you try and > return an XML object. > > <cfreturn xmlObj> fails! > <cfreturn ToString(xmlObj)> works! > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steven Erat [mailto:serat@;macromedia.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:53 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > > > I have to agree with Matt regarding the application design goals and > that > > the best means for that particular solution might be to provide raw > XML as > > a HTTP response. > > > > However, to attack the problem of returning XML from a CFMX Web > Service, I > > found that I was not able to return an XML object unless I converted > it to > > a string first. And as Tony pointed out, setting the return type of > > CFFUNCTION to "xml" is not legal, ... yet. > > > > This small example did work, in the end, to display the XML result. > > > > C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\xml_test.cfc > > ================================ > > <CFCOMPONENT displayname="Return Simple XML"> > > <CFFUNCTION name="getXML" access="remote" returntype="any" > > output="No"> > > <CFSCRIPT> > > xmlDoc = XMLNew(); > > xmlDoc.theRoot = > XmlElemNew(xmlDoc,"theRoot"); > > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[1] = > > XmlElemNew(xmlDoc,"aChildNode"); > > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[1].XmlText = > "foo"; > > > > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[1].XmlAttributes["type"] = "1"; > > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[2] = > > XmlElemNew(xmlDoc,"aChildNode"); > > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[2].XmlText = > "bar"; > > > > xmlDoc.theRoot.XmlChildren[2].XmlAttributes["type"] = "2"; > > </CFSCRIPT> > > <CFSET tmpXml = toString(xmlDoc)> > > > > <CFRETURN tmpXml> > > > > <!--- > > <CFRETURN xmlDoc> > > ---> > > > > </CFFUNCTION> > > </CFCOMPONENT> > > > > > > C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\xml_test.cfm > > ================================ > > <CFSETTING showdebugoutput="No"> > > <CFSCRIPT> > > objXML = > > createObject("webservice","http://localhost/xml_test.cfc?wsdl";); > > xmlDoc = objXML.getXML(); > > </CFSCRIPT> > > <CFCONTENT type="text/xml"> > > <CFOUTPUT>#xmlDoc#</CFOUTPUT> > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:mliotta@;r337.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:07 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > > > > > I'm not sure why you want to return an XML document to a consumer of > > your web service. That would essentially mean your web service would > be > > encapsulating an XML document inside of an XML document (SOAP). If you > > just want a client to receive an XML document, skip web services and > > just provide the XML document as the HTTP response. > > > > If you could share what you are really trying to do we could probably > > help better with that. However, if you really need to send an XML > > document via a web service then you should return it as an encoded > > string. > > > > Matt Liotta > > President & CEO > > Montara Software, Inc. > > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:tony@;navtrak.net] > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:00 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > > > > > i could share it, but i got it....it was the problem that > > > i had an application.cfm file, and when invoking the webservice, it > > > didnt > > > pull some vars that i had set in there, i hard coded them > > > and i got it! > > > > > > now, the problem is i just want to return an xml feed back to the > > > consumer > > > and using xml as a datatype doesnt jive? > > > > > > any ideas? > > > > > > thanks. > > > tony. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:mliotta@;r337.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:50 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > > > > > > > > Can you share some code, so we can see what is going on? > > > > > > Matt Liotta > > > President & CEO > > > Montara Software, Inc. > > > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > > > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:tony@;navtrak.net] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:47 PM > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > Subject: another error...cfc...datatype...xml > > > > > > > > matt > > > > > > > > you had mention the use of the return datatype being > > > > xml as an ok one to use....error... > > > > > > > > AXIS error > > > > Sorry, something seems to have gone wrong... here are the details: > > > > > > > > > > [coldfusion.xml.rpc.SkeletonClassLoader$UnresolvedCFCDataTypeException > > > : > > > > Could not resolve CFC datatype: xml] > > > > > > > > and even this one... > > > > > > > > AXIS error > > > > Sorry, something seems to have gone wrong... here are the details: > > > > > > > > > > [coldfusion.xml.rpc.SkeletonClassLoader$UnresolvedCFCDataTypeException > > > : > > > > Could not resolve CFC datatype: structure] > > > > > > > > wtf!!!! > > > > > > > > ...tony > > > > > > > > tony weeg > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > www.revolutionwebdesign.com > > > > rEvOlUtIoN wEb DeSiGn > > > > 410.334.6331 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
