Methods Returning Dates

[Michael Rimov]

Hi All,   Environment: Nightly XML-RPC, JDK 1.5, WS-Commons-Util 1.0, Extensions Enabled (So I can invoke functions that have return-type void)   First off, this is a really great library to be working with: it is my first stab at XML-RPC, and compared to working with certain other projects (no-names --- but I’m starting to think it should be called the “Axis of Just as Evil”  :-) ), XML-RPC is an absolute joy to work with (even for an alpha!!!!).  In a single evening, I got a wrapper around XMLRpcServletServer working so I can now invoke my home-grown front-controller framework straight through XML-RPC.  I really enjoyed working with the extension points you’ve provided.  Way cool. :)   So thank you guys very much for providing it and after upgrading to the nightly,   Ok, onto my questions   The method I’m trying to invoke is:       public Date execute() {         return new Date();     }   But I’m getting a stack [partial] trace.   java.lang.ClassCastException: java.util.Date             at org.apache.ws.commons.util.XsDateTimeFormat.format(XsDateTimeFormat.java:264)             at java.text.Format.format(Format.java:133)             at org.apache.xmlrpc.serializer.DateSerializer.write(DateSerializer.java:31)             at org.apache.xmlrpc.serializer.XmlRpcWriter.writeValue(XmlRpcWriter.java:144)             at org.apache.xmlrpc.serializer.XmlRpcWriter.write(XmlRpcWriter.java:99)             at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.writeResponse(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:89)             at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.execute(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:221)             at org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.XmlRpcServletServer.execute(XmlRpcServletServer.java:91)   I downloaded the source and took a look at where it was getting thrown and found out that it appears DateSerializer is passing in java.util.Date, and  the XSDateTimeFormat routine is expecting a Calendar.?   If I change the method’s signature to   public Calendar execute() {             return Calendar.getInstance(); }   Then   XmlRpcWriter.typeFactory.getSerializer(config, pObject);   Is returning a SerializableSerializer instead of a DateSerializer.     Looking at the code, I THINK this one is due to the fact that   TypeFactory.getSerializer(XmlRpcStreamConfig pConfig, Object pObject) throws SAXException { } has no line for if (object instanceof Calendar) {…}  (There is one for Date)     Thoughts?  Are they jira-able, or is it the ever popular case of newbie library misuse?   Thanks!                                                                                                 -Mike