I thought I had resolved the problem by creating classes in ActionScript where the collections are specifically designed as Arrays. The problem seems to be how Flex determines if an object is an array or not when it reads the message from the web service. Depending on how I set it up, the problem can appear to be on either the Flex side, or the .Net side. It's interesting that I can set up a complex class structure that works in Flex with all of the appropriate methods, properties and arrays and it translates to the web service just fine. But, when I try to fill my classes with the result from the web service, it doesn't recognize the elements and instantiate the appropriate class. I must be missing something fundamental.
Cliff --- In [email protected], Clint Modien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is your problem on the flex side or on the .NET side? > > > On 6/16/05, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hmm, seems odd. Can you take a look at the object in a debugger and see > > if it's constructed the way you'd expect? Also turn on debugging > > (web-service-proxy) and check if we're even sending the phone number across > > the wire. If not you may need to "re-process" the contact before executing > > the send to make sure that things are what the web service expects. > > > > Matt > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > > Behalf Of *cgobble > > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:51 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: Collections between Flex and Web services > > > > I am using the mx.utils.ArrayUtil.toArray to bind to a datagrid. > > This makes sure that Flex sees it when there is only 1 item in the > > array. However, going back to the service with the entire object is > > causing the problem. I've been experimenting with defining classes > > for these objects and I get the same problem when I use an array. > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Matt Chotin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Check out mx.utils.ArrayUtil.toArray(). You may need to call that > > to > > > make sure that when you pass a single item it still gets treated > > as an > > > array. > > > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of cgobble > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 7:36 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Collections between Flex and Web services > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm trying to return complex types with collections from a web > > > service and everything seems to work fine. But, when I send the > > > type as the input parameter for the web service, if there is only > > 1 > > > item in the collection it does not get back to the web service. > > > > > > For instance, you have a Contact object in a dotnet web service. > > > The Contact has a collection of phone numbers. I simply want to > > > pass the entire Contact object back and forth between the web > > > service and Flex. > > > I create a method on the web service such as: (VB) > > > > > > Public Sub SaveContact(Contact as Contact) > > > > > > End Sub > > > > > > However, it seems that if I only have 1 phone number, the phone > > > number gets lost in translation, even though the Contact info > > comes > > > back correctly. I was able to partially fix this by making sure > > my > > > collections were instantiated in the constructor, but if I nest a > > > collection, it doesn't seem to work right. > > > > > > Any ideas?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ > > > > > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > subject=Unsubscribe> > > > > > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > > > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *Yahoo! Groups Links* > > > > - To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ > > - To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<flexcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > - Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
