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Subject: Re: make soap webservices with descriptive input/output instead of
  hashmaps:extend service definition
From: Hans Bakker <mailinglist@antwebsystems.com>
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Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:02:55 +0700
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Sure we need to extend the service definition to define what kind of
data is inside the complex elements (list,map).

I would however also suggest to give this data also a name so it is not
required to look in the actual implementation what the list or map
contains.


So i would like to suggest for a list containing maps:
<service name="[serviceName]" engine="[engine]" location="[location]"
	invoke="[methodName]">
    <description>...</description>
    <attribute name="[attribute name 1]" type="List"
				mode="[mode]" optional="[optional]">
       <attribute name="[attribute name 3]" type="Map">
           <attribute name="[attribute name 4]" type="String">
           <attribute name="[attribute name 5]" type="String">
       </attribute>
       <attribute name="[attribute name 3]" type="Map">
           <attribute name="[attribute name 4]" type="String">
           <attribute name="[attribute name 5]" type="String">
       </attribute>
    </attribute>
</service>

Regards,
Hans






On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 10:14 +0300, Chatree Srichart wrote:
> Hi community. I'd like to disscuss about service's attribute definition
> descriptive at servicedef.
> 
> I need to integrate OFBiz with other system based on web service. But the
> problem I found OFBiz's SOAP message is not compatible to the other
> services. Now the OFBiz's SOAP message be like hash map, with key and value.
> It is good for communication between OFBiz to OFBiz but it is not good for
> OFBiz to the other systems.
> 
> The current SOAP message of OFBiz look like this:
> 
> <[serviceName]>
>     <map-Map>
>         <map-Entry>
>             <map-Key>
>                 <std-String value="[parameter name]"/>
>             </map-Key>
>            <map-Value>
>                <std-String value="[parameter value]"/>
>                or
>                <col-Collection>
>                    ....
>                    ....
>                </col-Collection>
>                or
>                <map-Map>
>                    ....
>                    ....
>                <map-Map>
>            </map-Value>
>         <map-Entry>
>     </map-Map>
> </[serviceName]>
> 
> The parameter type would specify by tag's name such as: map-Map, std-String,
> isn't in schema.
> 
> I need the SOAP message like this:
> 
> <[param name>
>     [param value]
> </[param name]>
> 
> or
> 
> <[param name 1]>
>     <[param name 2]>
>         <item>[param value 1]</item>
>         <item>[param value 2]</item>
>     </[param name 2>
> </[param name1]>
> 
> For the type of [param name], would be define in schema.
> 
> But I can not convert servicedef to schema at all now. I have a problem
> about attributes which have complex type such as: List, Map, GenericValue. I
> can not know what type be inside these complex type.
> 
> So, would it be possible if I could add some information in attribute tag at
> servicedef like this:
> 
> 
> <service name="[serviceName]" engine="[engine]" location="[location]"
> invoke="[methodName]">
>     <description>...</description>
>     <attribute name="[attribute name 1]" type="[attribute type]"
> mode="[mode]" optional="[optional]">
>        <structure itemType="List">
>            <attribute name="[attribute name 2]" type="Map">
>                <structure itemType="String"/>
>                <structure itemType="String"/>
>            </attribute>
>        </structure>
>     </attribute>
> </service>
> 
> The [attribute name 1] is a normal service's attribute.
> The first structure tag for define a structure of [attribute name 1] by has
> "itemType" attribute to tell the type of inner attribute.
> The [attribute name 2] is a item that be contained in the first structure
> tag.
> The second and thrid structure tags to tell a structure in [attribute name
> 2].
> 
> For this format, I can generate schema for the complex type.
> 
> Do you have any idea about this?
> 
> Regards,
> Chatree Srichart

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