Hi. I have a SOAP webservice request that handles a variable number of
array elements. For example, the body of the request would look
something like:
...
<request>
<body>
<zeroOrManyUpdates>
<key>ABC</key>
<update>
...
</update>
<update>
...
</update>
</zeroOrManyUpdates>
</body>
</request>
...
where there can be any number of <update> elements in the
<zeroOrManyUpdates> element, each of which has data modified on
various zoom-in forms.
Since the number of <update> elements varies, I can't predefine the
request in an MXML <mx:request> block. So I'm assuming that I have to
create and send the request via ActionScript3. Right?
Unfortunately, I can't find any examples of this in the doc or on
FlexCoders, so I'm posting my question here.
I've mimicked the transform of arrays being returned in a webservice
query response. So, I've formatted an ObjectProxy that looks like the
structure of the XML request:
var saveUpdatesRequest:ObjectProxy = new ObjectProxy();
saveUpdatesRequest.key = "ABC";
saveUpdatesRequest.zeroOrManyUpdates:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
// Create 'update' object here, then
saveUpdatesRequest.zeroOrManyUpdates.addItem(update);
// Create another 'update' object here, then
saveUpdatesRequest.zeroOrManyUpdates.addItem(update);
// etc.
then send the request via AS3:
ws.SaveUpdateService(saveUpdatesRequest);
But examination of the webservice received on the server shows that
although the 'key' var is received correctly, the array elements are
not received.
How do I submit a variable number of array elements to a webservice
using Flex and/or ActionScript?
