sorry - didn't realise you were talking about java.lang.Object it may be that it works for an array because at run time the array happened to be of a simple type for which you do not need to have a map - and then for the scalar Object it didn't work because the run time type was more complex and there was no serializer.
Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Milburn, Christopher FIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:28 AM Subject: RE: returning Object vs Object[] > I can see how this works with a class that we can map e.g. in your example > 'samples.addressbook.Address' but what about returning the class > 'java.lang.Object' > We have a general Soap server that currently returns a 'java.lang.Object[]' > but our clients want it to return a 'java.lang.Object' on which, they will > then use instanceof to cast into the correct type, it just produces the > error - 'No Serializer found to serialize a 'java.lang.Object' > Thanks, > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nicholas Quaine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 04 December 2001 11:46 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: returning Object vs Object[] > > > both are possible > ensure that your deployment descriptor contains a definition of only the > basic object (ie. do not attempt to declare an array) > the (de)serializer will work out how to do its work for any method that > requires or returns an array of such objects > as an example, the following excerpt from a deployment descriptor 'declares' > an object called Address > Once this is declared any method can then receive or return an Address or an > array of Address > > <isd:map > encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; > xmlns:x="urn:xml-soap-address-demo" > qname="x:address" > javaType="samples.addressbook.Address" > java2XMLClassName="org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.BeanSerializer" > xml2JavaClassName="org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.BeanSerializer" /> > > good luck > > regards, > Nicholas Quaine > > Visit http://www.soapuser.com/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Milburn, Christopher FIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:14 AM > Subject: returning Object vs Object[] > > > > Why can I return an 'Object' array from my soap server but not an 'Object' > > ie > > This works ok... > > > > public Object[] processCommand( String[] soapParams ) > > { > > ... > > > > Object[] obj = {(Object)"Fred Bloggs", (Object)"Jim Smith"}; > > > > return( obj ); > > } > > > > but not this.... > > > > public Object processCommand( String[] soapParams) > > { > > ... > > > > Object obj = (Object)"Fred Bloggs"; > > > > return( obj ); > > } > > > > > > It seems bizarre, Is this right ? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris Milburn > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >
