Scott, Your suggestion works fine. I had hoped to avoid editing the C# proxy file generated by the Microsoft wsdl utility, but I guess there's no way around it.
Thanks for the help! Tim Dierks --- Scott Nichol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's the short of it: > > 1. You must use wsdl.exe to generate a proxy class > for the service (or > write a proxy manually). You cannot do "Add Web > Reference", as that > re-generates the proxy code whenever you rebuild the > project (VS.NET). > > 2. You must add a SoapElement attribute for each > method parameter that > specifies the parameter is nullable, e.g. > > public String echoString([SoapElement("s", > IsNullable=true)] String > s) {...} > > 3. .NET will now send an XML element for every > parameter, but for null > parameters it will not send an xsi:type attribute, > just xsi:null (note: > this is a bug: it should send xsi:nil for the 2001 > schema). Therefore, > you must add a mapping to your service's deployment > descriptor for every > parameter name, e.g. > > <isd:map > encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" > xmlns:x="" qname="x:s" > > xml2JavaClassName="org.apache.soap.encoding.soapenc.StringDeserializer"/ > > > > Scott Nichol > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Dierks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:49 AM > Subject: .NET client omits null arguments > > > > I am having a problem with a .NET client omitting > null > > arguments from messages sent to my Apache SOAP > (2.3.1) > > service. For example, SOAP service method > signature > > is: > > > > public int myMethod(String arg1, String arg2); > > > > My .NET C# client makes an call to the SOAP > service > > like this: > > > > int result = myMethod(arg1, null); > > > > If arg2 is null, then arg2 is left out altogether > from > > the message sent to my Apache SOAP service. So > Apache > > SOAP generates a FAULT with the error "no > signature > > match", since it received only one argument > instead of > > two. > > > > Has anyone encountered this problem and figured > out a > > solution? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tim Dierks > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:soap-user-unsubscribe@;xml.apache.org> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:soap-user-help@;xml.apache.org> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:soap-user-unsubscribe@;xml.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:soap-user-help@;xml.apache.org> > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:soap-user-unsubscribe@;xml.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:soap-user-help@;xml.apache.org>