Using complex objects from web services

[SpotsyRWH]

What I have is a web service that from what I can tell returns a complex object. The object type is defined in the web service WSDL.

My question is how can I access, or better yet use that complex object in cold fusion (7). If I try and call any of the functions, or access any of the attributes of the object cold fusion gives me the error I expected it to, "Element undefined in variable test".

(BTW this particular web service was written in C# and is maintained/created by an outside vendor, so I have no control over it)

The data returned is not in an XML format (as I would expect) doing an XML parse on the variable causes cold fusion to throw an error that it can't be parsed.

See below for the cfdump of the variable:

object of com.metafile.mvdoc.ArrayOfShortcut

Methods hashCode (returns int)
equals (returns boolean)
getSerializer (returns interface org.apache.axis.encoding.Serializer)
getDeserializer (returns interface org.apache.axis.encoding.Deserializer)
getTypeDesc (returns org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc)
getShortcut (returns com.metafile.mvdoc.Shortcut)
getShortcut (returns [Lcom.metafile.mvdoc.Shortcut
setShortcut (returns void)
setShortcut (returns void)
getClass (returns java.lang.Class)
wait (returns void)
wait (returns void)
wait (returns void)
notify (returns void)
notifyAll (returns void)
toString (returns java.lang.String)

f I do a cfoutput of the variable test I get the following:

com.metafile.mvdoc.ArrayOfShortcut@9d35128

My guess is that I must create this "ArrayOfShortcut" object in cold fusion. As well as all the otherones needed. Is there a way around this?

I found the following page that talks about creating java code from the WSDL, however I personally think that it is making what should be a simple task, very complex.

http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/read/86131.htm

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[pigsie]

This may be a good place to start

http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00001554.htm

 

[SpotsyRWH]

I tried the methods mentioned on that page (in fact it was the first resource I went to)

However it does not work.

Here is some of my code:

<cfinvoke webservice="metafile" method="GetShortcuts" returnvariable="Test">
<cfinvokeargument name="UserName" value="Secret">
</cfinvoke>

I then attempt to set a structure with some of the information returned, however I always get errors that test.whatever is undefined. Is this because it is a complex object that has complex objects inside it?

Here is some of the WSDL incase I am missing something:

Under types:
<xsd:complexType name="Shortcut">
- <xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="Description" nillable="true" type="xsd:string" />
<xsd:element name="DocumentClass" nillable="true" type="xsd:string" />
<xsd:element name="Id" nillable="true" type="xsd:string" />
<xsd:element name="Name" nillable="true" type="xsd:string" />
<xsd:element name="Type" nillable="true" type="xsd:string" />
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
- <xsd:complexType name="ArrayOfShortcut">
- <xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="Shortcut" nillable="true" type="tns:Shortcut" />
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>

Under <portType name="MVDocServer"> :

<operation name="GetShortcuts">
<wsdl:documentation xmlns:wsdl="

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">GetShortcuts

Documentation</wsdl:documentation>
<input message="tns:MVDocServer_GetShortcuts__Request_Soap" />
<output message="tns:MVDocServer_GetShortcuts_Response_Soap" />
<fault name="GeneralException2" message="tns:GeneralException2" />
<fault name="InvalidArgumentException2" message="tns:InvalidArgumentException2" />
<fault name="UnknownUserNameException1" message="tns:UnknownUserNameException1" />
</operation>

Under <binding name="MVDocServer" type="tns:MVDocServer">:

<operation name="GetShortcuts">
<wsdl:documentation xmlns:wsdl="

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">GetShortcuts

Documentation</wsdl:documentation>
<soapperation soapAction="

http://mvdoc.metafile.com/MVDocServ...OylbTGNvbS9tZXRhZmlsZS9tdmRvYy9TaG9ydGN1dDs="

style="document" />
- <input>
<soap:body parts="parameters" use="literal" />
</input>
- <output>
<soap:body parts="parameters" use="literal" />
</output>
- <fault name="GeneralException2">
<soap:fault name="GeneralException2" use="literal" />
</fault>
- <fault name="InvalidArgumentException2">
<soap:fault name="InvalidArgumentException2" use="literal" />
</fault>
- <fault name="UnknownUserNameException1">
<soap:fault name="UnknownUserNameException1" use="literal" />
</fault>
</operation>