Clint, Your solution was very useful. This resolves the issue at least until Flex learns to deserialize xml to strongly typed classes.
Thanks very much!! Cliff --- In [email protected], Clint Modien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ya basically... flex deseirializes the soap objects an untyped AS2 Object > tree. > > load the tree manually into you class heirachy with a load function in your > as2 objects > > here's an example of what i mean... just look @ the load func > > might want to ignore all the event code you probably won't need it > > > import mx.events.*; > class com.ibm.g3.model.bo.Team > { > public var vo:Object = undefined; > private var origVO:Object = undefined; //concurenccy (future) > > // ----------------- this code is to dispatch events -------------- ------- > public function Team() > { > EventDispatcher.initialize(this); > this.vo = new Object(); > this.origVO = new Object(); > } > > public var addEventListener:Function; > public var removeEventListener:Function; > private var dispatchEvent:Function; > > // ------------------ end event dispatch code ------------------ > > [ChangeEvent("change")] > public function get teamId():Number{return vo.teamId;} > public function set teamId(v:Number){vo.teamId = v; dispatchEvent ({ type: > "change" });} > [ChangeEvent("change")] > public function get dashBoard():Boolean{return vo.dashBoard;} > public function set dashBoard(v:Boolean){vo.dashBoard = v; dispatchEvent({ > type: "change" });} > [ChangeEvent("change")] > public function get ibmRfpName():String{return vo.ibmRfpName;} > public function set ibmRfpName(v:String){vo.ibmRfpName = v; dispatchEvent({ > type: "change" });} > [ChangeEvent("change")] > public function get gmRfpName():String{return vo.gmRfpName;} > public function set gmRfpName(v:String){vo.gmRfpName = v; dispatchEvent({ > type: "change" });} > [ChangeEvent("change")] > public function get UserDetailTree():Array{return vo.UserDetailTree;} > public function set UserDetailTree(v:Array){vo.UserDetailTree = v; > dispatchEvent({ type: "change" });} > > public var hasData:Boolean = false; > > // the reason for this load() function is to extract the webservice result > into this object because > // we can't assign the webservice result directly to any instance of this > class (it will over-write it) > > public function load(u:Object) > { > //for concurency later > this.oldVO = u; > > //load the object you could use mx.utils.ObjectUtil.copyProperties here > this.teamId = u.teamId; > this.dashBoard = u.dashBoard; > this.ibmRfpName = u.ibmRfpName; > this.gmRfpName = u.gmRfpName; > this.gmRfpName = u.gmRfpName; > // the line below isn't really what i want to do here with this data > //this.UserDetailTree = u.UserDetailTree; > //this is what we should do > for(var i = 0; i < u.UserDetailTree.length) > { > var userDetail:UserDetail = new UserDetail(); > userDetail.load(u.UserDetailTree[i]); > } > //not very pretty i realise but it works > hasData = true; > } > > public function toString():String > { > return this.ibmRfpName + " - " + this.gmRfpName; > } > } > > > > > > On 6/17/05, cgobble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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! 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