[MOBY-dev] Conceptual doubt about datatypes representation inresquests/responses

[Iván Párraga García]

Ok, that is what I thought. Then I'd like to suggest a little
improvement in the Java MoSeS generated services: if an article name is
not explicitly setted, it would be nice to obtain the datatype like it
has to be; currently if you omit to set an attribute there is no XML tag
for it in the response.

Thanks,

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Iván Párraga García
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Paul Gordon escribió:
> Only the first one.  Just like in an OO language, where every instance 
> of an object has a "place" for a member, even if the value is null (or 
> empty tag, in the case of MOBY).
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a conceptual doubt and I've not been able to find an answer
>> reviewing the documentation. Let's say that we have a datatype dat with
>> three articleNames art1, art2, ar3 and a service whose return object is
>> this datatype. In the response object, is mandatory that for the object
>> dat to have the XML tags for all the article names even in any of them
>> is empty?
>>
>> I mean this (imagine proper XML representation):
>>
>> <Simple>
>> <dat>
>> <art1>anything1</art1>
>> <art2><anything</art2>
>> <art3/>
>> </dat>
>> </Simple>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> <Simple>
>> <dat>
>> <art1>anything1</art1>
>> <art2><anything</art2>
>> </dat>
>> </Simple>
>>
>> Both of these representations are equivalent and valid? or only the
>> first one?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>   
>>     
>
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