"Would it be acceptable for you if your XML would look like
this?"
Unfortunately not :(
Does anyone know if there is an
explanation anywhere on how the
compiler converts AS structures into SOAP
format? Currently, it all
seems pretty mysterious. Anyone from Adobe have any
insight?
Thanks,
Ben
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com,
"Franck de Bruijn"
<franck.de.bruijn@...> wrote:
>
>
Hi Ben,
>
>
>
> I think I am starting to understand
what you mean. I don't have the
> environment up-and-running to really
test ...
>
>
>
> In my case, the XML will probably be
something like:
>
> <customer>
>
>
<addresses>
>
> <street>1</street>
>
> ...
>
> </addresses>
>
>
<addresses>
>
> <street>2</street>
>
> ...
>
> </addresses>
>
>
</customer>
>
>
>
> I'm sure that Flex is doing
the right thing there, since I am basing
some of
> my webservices on
this kind of structures and all is working fine.
>
>
>
> In your case you have a list of simple strings/numbers, while
my
list is of
> objects (having their own attributes) ...
>
>
>
> Would it be acceptable for you if your XML would look
like this?
>
>
>
> <SelectedPlans>
>
<PlanNumber>
>
>
<Value>12345</Value>
>
>
</PlanNumber>
> <PlanNumber>
>
>
<Value>56789</Value>
>
>
</PlanNumber>
>
> </SelectedPlans>
>
>
>
> Then, you could make a PlanNumber action script object with
a
property Value
> in it. The SelectedPlans object would have an array
having PlanNumber
> objects ...
>
>
>
>
Cheers,
>
> Franck
>
>
>
> _____
>
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On
> Behalf Of ben.clinkinbeard
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 8:30
PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com
>
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Web Service arguments in AS - how do
you
create
> repeated children?
>
>
>
> Hi
Franck,
>
> Thanks for the response. I am still having the same
problem though,
> which is that I end up with a generic 'item' tag or
property being
> created somewhere along the way. I am beginning to think
that this
> structure cannot be created in AS as it seems like I would
need an
> object with 2 properties named PlanNumber.
>
> I
tried using an object with a PlanNumber property of type Array, and
> then
stuffing the values into that, but that turns into
>
>
<SelectedPlans xmlns="">
> <item
xmlns="">78167</item>
> <item
xmlns="">78173</item>
> </SelectedPlans>
>
> Is there a way to create a default property of an object or
something?
> Does valueOf() still exist?
>
> Ben
>
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>
"Franck de Bruijn"
> <franck.de.bruijn@> wrote:
>
>
> > Hi Ben,
> >
> >
> >
> >
I do the following to achieve this.
> >
> >
> >
> > Let's say I have a Customer who can have multiple Address
objects.
> Compare
> > Customer with your SelectedPlans and
Address with PlanNumber.
> >
> >
> >
> >
My Customer AS class looks like this (boring parts omitted)
> >
> >
> >
> > package model {
> >
>
>
> >
> > <your imports ...>
> >
>
>
> >
> > public class Customer
> >
>
> {
> >
> > <your other attributes>
> >
> > public var addresses:Array = new Array();
> >
>
>
> >
> > <and the rest ...
> >
> >
> >
> > The Address AS class is nothing more than
this:
> >
> >
> >
> > package model
{
> >
> >
> >
> > <your imports
...>
> >
> >
> >
> > public class
Address {
> >
> > public var street:String;
> >
> > public var houseNumber:int = 0;
> >
> >
> >
> > <... you get the idea>
> >
>
>
> >
> > To store multiple Address objects into the
Customer object, you just
> fill
> > the array 'addresses' with
Address objects.
> >
> >
> >
> > You can
now throw the entire Customer object as single argument into
>
your
> > webservice call. Flex will unmarshal the array correctly
and
> generate the
> > XML as you describe below.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
>
> Cheers,
> >
> > Franck
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
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> >
Subject: [flexcoders] Web Service arguments in AS - how do you create
>
> repeated children?
> >
> >
> >
> >
Hello, I am sending arguments to my SOAP method, but can't figure out
>
> how to do repeated children in AS. For example, part of my call
looks
> > like this in XML:
> >
> >
<SelectedPlans>
> >
<PlanNumber>12345</PlanNumber>
> >
<PlanNumber>56789</PlanNumber>
> >
</SelectedPlans>
> >
> > I cannot figure out how to
create this structure in AS. It seems that
> > I have to use an Object
(args.SelectedPlans = new Object();) in order
> > for the name to be
preserved during the conversion to XML, but objects
> > obviously can't
have 2 properties with the same name.
> >
> > Does anyone
know how to do this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ben
>
>
>
