There are no Java "objects" involved. SOAP messages are transported XML as
text. It is totally up to the client to extract the message into whatever
kind of data structure is appropriate. Check the MS Soap Toolkit on how to
handle complex types.
Rick Hansen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael J. Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 12:58 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: How do you retrieve complex Java objects from a non-Java
> client.
>
>
>
> This question goes either way... that is... whether your SOAP server
> is Java and your client is VB/C++/etc. OR you SOAP server is
> VB/C++/etc.
> and your client is Java.
>
> I understand how to map a Java object in Apache's SOAP using
> its default
> Bean Seralizer and the SOAP Mapping Registry... but if I'm not using
> Java on the other side... how do I DESERIALIZE that object that is
> in the XML SOAP file into a VB object or whatever on the
> other side??
> I've already done it with strings and primitive types... but
> do objects
> work the same way?
>
> In the MS-SOAP kit... do they have tools to deserialize a Java object
> into a COM or VB object?? Are there any C++ kits??
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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