Create SOAPElement from DOM Document

[sdahlen]

I am having issues trying to build a SOAPElement from a DOM Document. The code is as follows:

MessageFactory factory = MessageFactory.newInstance();
SOAPMessage msg = factory.createMessage();
SOAPBody body = msg.getSOAPPart().getSOAPEnvelope().getSOAPBody();
SOAPElement element = body.addDocument(doc);

Unfortunately, the addDocument() method does not seem to work (adds nothing). Is there another approach I can take?

Shawn Dahlen

[sdahlen]

As a follow up, I attempted to use SOAPElementAxisImpl directly by:

SOAPElement element = new SOAPElementAxisImpl(doc.getDocumentElement());

This had no effect either. I am currently using 4.0.1 RC1, has this bug been fixed in a more recent version in CVS?

Shawn Dahlen

[sdahlen]

After some hours of digging around, the actual issue seems to be related to serialization of the response object. The response object looks as follows:

public class GetByUserResponse {
 protected javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement _any;

 public GetByUserResponse() {
 }

 public GetByUserResponse(javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement _any) {
 this._any = _any;
 }

 public javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement get_any() {
 return _any;
 }

 public void set_any(javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement _any) {
 this._any = _any;
 }
}

No matter what type of content I place in the SOAPElement, nothing is returned. I had a look at the generated Apache Axis WSDD file, and the type mapping for the object looks as follows:

<typeMapping
 qname='ns1:>getByUserResponse' xmlns:ns1='http://iss.lmco.com/service/action-item-summary'
 type='java:com.lmco.global.collab.ai.webservice.GetByUserResponse'
 serializer='org.jboss.webservice.encoding.ser.MetaDataBeanSerializerFactory'
 deserializer='org.jboss.webservice.encoding.ser.MetaDataBeanDeserializerFactory'
 encodingStyle=''>
 <typeDesc>
 <elementDesc fieldName="_any" xmlName="ns1:null"/>
 <elementOrder/>
 </typeDesc>
 </typeMapping>

Now I haven't investigated exactly what the xmlName should be for the field, _any, but ns1:null doesn't seem right. Am I looking into the right area? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Shawn Dahlen

[sdahlen]

I have now confirmed both issues:

1) Unable to use SOAPBody.addDocument() method to create SOAPElement from DOM Document

2) Response object with xsd:any does not serialize properly (no matter what is set in the SOAPElement object).

Wish I could continue this, but its time for bed. Thoughts?

Shawn Dahlen