I don't think you normally need to worry about array serialization. I think
it will just happen. You do need to worry about serializing your bean. But
if the bean class is properly registered with a serializer arrays should
just work. The only reason I needed to register the arrays was so MS SOAP
would work. In my Java client I just registered a serializer for my bean.
<isd:map encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/";
xmlns:x="" qname="x:stringArray"
xml2JavaClassName="org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.ArraySerializer"/>
<isd:map encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/";
xmlns:x="" qname="x:stringBeanArray"
xml2JavaClassName="org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.ArraySerializer"/>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Simpson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:52 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Serializing an array of beans
>
>
> Hi, I'm going round in circles trying to serialize an array of beans.
>
> First I tried using the Apache Bean Serializer, specifying it in the
> deployment descriptor; this worked for one bean, but not for an array.
>
> I then wrapped the array in another class, then tried to write my own
> serializer for the wrapper class, and refer to this serializer in the
> deployment descriptor.
>
> This produces an error on post whenever I change it to point
> from anything
> but the apache serializers.
>
> I am inspecting the XML returned from the soap servlet, the
> output is shown
> below.
>
> On the server end, is using the deployment descriptor (e.g.
> xml2java...
> attribute) sufficent to successfully invoke my serializer
> when returning a
> reply?
>
> From the client end I am using perl SOAP::Lite to invoke the
> function. On
> the server end I am using the StatelessSessionBean provider
> to invoke a
> method whose return type is the object array.
>
> Has anyone managed to write and make work an object array
> serializer on
> Apache SOAP 2.2. If so, do you have any
> code/class/deployment descriptors I
> could look at?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
>
> 12:00:18:362|15|S|010: <SOAP-ENV:Body>
> 12:00:18:362|15|S|011: <SOAP-ENV:Fault>
> 12:00:18:362|15|S|012:
> <faultcode>SOAP-ENV:Server.Exception:</faultcode>
> 12:00:18:362|15|S|013:
> <faultstring>org/apache/soap/util/xml/Serializer</faultstring>
> 12:00:18:362|15|S|014:
> <faultactor>/soap/servlet/rpcrouter</faultactor>
> 12:00:18:362|15|S|015: </SOAP-ENV:Fault>
> 12:00:18:362|15|S|016:
> 12:00:18:362|15|S|017: </SOAP-ENV:Body>
>
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