Axis (http://xml.apache.org/axis) handles serializing arbitrary graph
structures, including ones that loop back on themselves. Support for this
is integrated into our serialization/deserialization framework, so it can
work with custom serializers/deserializers as well.
--G
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael R. Clements [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:19 AM
> To: SOAP
> Subject: marshaling cyclical data
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I've got Apache SOAP version 2.2 running with the Jetty version 3.0.6
> servlet engine and it works really well. Kudos to the SOAP
> team for the
> improvements in the documentation!
>
> The application I've SOAPified often uses cyclical data
> structures. I'm
> using the standard bean serializer, and whenever it
> encounters cycles in the
> data structures it goes into an infinite loop and fails.
>
> Java's built-in standard serialization handles cycles just
> fine and I'm
> wondering how I can get SOAP to do the same. Sure, I can
> build my own custom
> serializer but that seems like a lot of work. It seems a
> simple problem like
> this is probably something that others have encountered and
> I'm hoping there
> is a simpler solution.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Michael R. Clements
> Advanced Technology Architect
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
