[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XMLRPC-89?page=all ]
     
Jochen Wiedmann closed XMLRPC-89:
---------------------------------

    Resolution: Fixed

Ok, I have committed a partial solution.

First of all, let me explain what the problem is. The XML-RPC library is 
working internally with certain classes only. For example, an object array, a 
list, and a vector are all internally mapped to an object array. Likewise, a 
Hashtable, and Properties, are mapped to a Map.

Now, when we call a method, we are checking the method parameters. If, for 
example, the method has a vector as first parameter, then we convert the object 
array to a vector. No problem here. The situation is quite different, if we 
return a value: We do not now, whether the caller wants an object array, or a 
vector.

In short, if the client calls a method

    Vector method(Vector);

then the result will be an object array. (Although everything works fine on the 
server.) The recommended solution is to use the ClientFactory: An 
implementation, which is created by the ClientFactory, knows about the return 
type and can apply the same conversion. See

    
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/webservices/xmlrpc/trunk/src/site/apt/advanced.apt

for details on the ClientFactory.


> cannot use Vector, Hashtable, etc as arguments of metheds in handler
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: XMLRPC-89
>          URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XMLRPC-89
>      Project: XML-RPC
>         Type: Bug

>  Environment: xmlrpc3.0b1 nightlybuild
>     Reporter: Zhi Han
>     Assignee: Jochen Wiedmann
>  Attachments: Req2.xml
>
> In handler, I have methods like
> public Vector getData(Vector req)
> {
> }
> public Vector pingHandler()
> {
> }
> On client side, I have code like:
> Vector req = new Vector();
> req.add("user");
> Vector params = new Vector(1);
> params.add(req);
> client.execute("handler.getData", params);
> I always got exception
> Jun 22, 2006 7:34:37 AM org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer execute
> SEVERE: execute: Error while performing request
> org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: Illegal argument for method getData in 
> class test.servlet.XMLRPCHandler
>         at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.server.ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.execute(ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.java:71)
>         at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServerWorker.execute(XmlRpcServerWorker.java:43)
>         at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServer.execute(XmlRpcServer.java:67)
>         at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.execute(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:196)
>         at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.XmlRpcServletServer.execute(XmlRpcServletServer.java:91)
>         at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.XmlRpcServlet.doPost(XmlRpcServlet.java:99)
>         at test.servlet.XMLRPCServlet.doPost(XMLRPCServlet.java:217)
>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:237)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:198)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:152)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:137)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:102)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:929)
>         at 
> org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:160)
>         at 
> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:799)
>         at 
> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:705)
>         at 
> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:577)
>         at 
> org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:683)
>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
> Caused by:
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: argument type mismatch
>         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
>         at 
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
>         at 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
>         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
>         at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.server.ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.execute(ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.java:65)
>         at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServerWorker.execute(XmlRpcServerWorker.java:43)
>         at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServer.execute(XmlRpcServer.java:67)
>         at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.execute(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:196)
>         at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.XmlRpcServletServer.execute(XmlRpcServletServer.java:91)
>         at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.XmlRpcServlet.doPost(XmlRpcServlet.java:99)
>         at test.servlet.XMLRPCServlet.doPost(XMLRPCServlet.java:217)
>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:237)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:198)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:152)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:137)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:102)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
>         at 
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:929)
>         at 
> org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:160)
>         at 
> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:799)
>         at 
> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:705)
>         at 
> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:577)
>         at 
> org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:683)
>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
> While invoke pingHandler (new argument)
> I got 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClientException: Failed to parse servers 
> response: Unexpected non-whitespace character data
>       at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcStreamTransport.readResponse(XmlRpcStreamTransport.java:267)
>       at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcStreamTransport.sendRequest(XmlRpcStreamTransport.java:216)
>       at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClientWorker.execute(XmlRpcClientWorker.java:53)
>       at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:166)
>       at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:136)
>       at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:125)
>       at MyXmlRpcClient.main(MyXmlRpcClient.java:32)
> Caused by:
> org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Unexpected non-whitespace character data
>       at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.parser.TypeParserImpl.characters(TypeParserImpl.java:79)
>       at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.parser.RecursiveTypeParserImpl.characters(RecursiveTypeParserImpl.java:139)
>       at org.apache.xmlrpc.parser.MapParser.characters(MapParser.java:79)
>       at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.parser.RecursiveTypeParserImpl.characters(RecursiveTypeParserImpl.java:142)
>       at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.parser.RecursiveTypeParserImpl.characters(RecursiveTypeParserImpl.java:142)
>       at 
> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.characters(Unknown
>  Source)
>       at 
> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanContent(Unknown
>  Source)
>       at 
> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown
>  Source)
>       at 
> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown
>  Source)
>       at 
> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown 
> Source)
>       at 
> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown 
> Source)
>       at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown 
> Source)
>       at 
> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown 
> Source)
>       at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcStreamTransport.readResponse(XmlRpcStreamTransport.java:265)
>       at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcStreamTransport.sendRequest(XmlRpcStreamTransport.java:216)
>       at 
> org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClientWorker.execute(XmlRpcClientWorker.java:53)
>       at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:166)
>       at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:136)
>       at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:125)
>       at MyXmlRpcClient.main(MyXmlRpcClient.java:32)

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