Re^6: SOAP::Lite, .NET, and complex structures

Nope, that is pretty much it.

One thing I did find, however, is a size issue of some sort or another. For example, this list with 9 elements is parsed correctly by the .Net WebServices Studio tool.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" x
+mlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="h
+ttp://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.o
+rg/soap/envelope/" soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soa
+p/encoding/">
  <soap:Body>
    <TEST:TestStructureNResponse xmlns:TEST="http://localhost:80/TESTS
+ervices">
      <TEST:TestStructureReturn xmlns:TEST="http://localhost:80/TESTSe
+rvices" xsi:type="TEST:TestObj">
        <foo soapenc:arrayType="xsd:string[9]" xsi:type="soapenc:Array
+">
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
        </foo>
      </TEST:TestStructureReturn>
    </TEST:TestStructureNResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
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But the same response with an array size of 10 returns a There is invalid data at the root level. Line 1, position 1. error from that tool. Here is the data that is returned (retrieved by sending a request by hand to the service via telnet)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" x
+mlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="h
+ttp://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.o
+rg/soap/envelope/" soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soa
+p/encoding/">
  <soap:Body>
    <TEST:TestStructureNResponse xmlns:TEST="http://localhost:80/TESTS
+ervices">
      <TEST:TestStructureReturn xmlns:TEST="http://localhost:80/TESTSe
+rvices" xsi:type="TEST:TestObj">
        <foo soapenc:arrayType="xsd:string[10]" xsi:type="soapenc:Arra
+y">
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
          <item xsi:type="xsd:string">a</item>
        </foo>
      </TEST:TestStructureReturn>
    </TEST:TestStructureNResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
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Whatever the cause, It is a little bit frustrating, to say the least :)

I am almost to the point of tossing the .NET WebService Studio tool, except that it works with our existing production server. I will update shortly to see if a different version of Apache (the current production setup) causes this to behave.

Update: Happens in the production version of apache as well (1.3), so it does not look like it is related to Apache. In production, the break point is going from 6 to 7 items in the array.

Update 2: Oh yeah. I forgot to say, replace all of the localhost:80 stuff with the local server name. It gets replaced on the server side automatically.

grrrr

--MidLifeXis

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Re^7: SOAP::Lite, .NET, and complex structures by erroneousBollock (Curate) on Aug 16, 2007 at 16:42 UTC
I haven't used that tool... only `wsdl.exe` It has worked for me thus far. -David	[reply] [d/l]