[xfire-dev] How to write a mapping to use different type of objects in one collection

[Ruchira Alwis]

Hi

We are using xFire to generate clients for web services.
The versions we are using: xFire 1.2.2 and Java 1.4.

I have a Java class named ResultListVO which has following members.
    java.util.List results;
    int count;

I use this as the return type of my search methods. So depending on the
search method, the class type includes in 'results' List in returned
ResultListVO will be
different.
For ex: within one method I need to return AbcVO and in another method I
need to return PrqVO within the List object.

Lets say my client interface, service.java has the following method.

public ResultListVO mySearch(String type);

I used following mapping file Service.aegis.xml; but it doesnt work.

<mappings>
  <mapping>
    <method name="mySearch">
        <return-type componentType="com.ResultListVO">
            <property name="results" componentType="java.lang.Integer"/>
        </return-type>
    </method>
  </mapping>
</mappings>

If I use a separate aegis file for ResultListVO, it works fine only for one
method. However with another method when the content of 'result' List is
different then we cant use that solution.

Could you please provide me with a suggestion to come to a better solution
to write an aegis mapping, in the case where we need to use different types
of objects in one collection.

Regards
RDA