Should I implement an own serializer/deserializer for a comp

[lexa]

I have got the following :

public interface ValueObject extends Serializable {
...
public HashMap getValues();
...
}

public class UserManagerBean implements SessionBean {
public ValueObject getUser(Long userId) throws ..
}

Should I write an own serializer/desirializer?
It seems I can use the standard Axis's serializers.

I've seen http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~bscharla/jboss-net-helloWorld.html ,but only simple arguments are used in this example.
Also I'd like to know when I should create a wsdl file.
Or is it unnecessary in Axis?

Thanks in advance,
Alexey

[gerwec]

Try to use BeanSerializer/BeanDeserializer.
just add the following lines to your web-service.xml:



....

<beanMapping qname="RequestHandlerNS:ComplexData"
xmlns:RequestHandlerNS="RequestHandler"
languageSpecificType="java:com.common.ComplexData"/>


the data type just must use the bean style(get,set,etc.)
axis does all the other things for you,...

c.u.
gernot