> I understand that Coldfusion sends the return value of the > service method as XML, using a schema to describe this XML.
How this works will depend on whether your web service uses rpc/encoded or document/literal: http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00001550.htm > The XML that I am returning is an XML formatted string (my > return type in the CFC method is 'string') inside of that. > > My question then is this: > > Should I use a DTD to describe the XML that I am returning or > should I use a Schema or does it not matter? You should use your own schema, along with XML Schema itself for validating basic datatypes (strings, etc). You might find these links useful: http://www.somebits.com/weblog/tech/webservices/doclitSoap.html http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-whichwsdl/ Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:282579 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
