SOAP Code Example: Using Complex Types

C# soap.Method = "test"; soap.MethodURI = "http://tempuri.org"; soap.ValueFormat = SoapValueFormats.vfFullXML; soap.AddParam("parent", "test"); soap.BuildPacket(); Java soap.setMethod("test"); soap.setMethodURI("http://tempuri.org"); soap.setValueFormat(soap.vfFullXML); soap.addParam("parent", "test"); soap.buildPacket();

will result in a SOAPPacket which looks like: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:=""> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <m:test xmlns:m="http://tempuri.org"> <parent> <child1> <grandchild1>test</grandchild1> </child1> </parent> </m:test> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

If the server returns a complex type in response to your request you can use the XPath and related properties to traverse the response. For instance if the server returned the value:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:=""> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <m:TestResults xmlns:m="http://tempuri.org"> <parent> <child1> <grandchild1>value1</grandchild1> <grandchild2>value2</grandchild2> </child1> </parent> </m:TestResults> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

You could use the code below to output the value for the grandchild2 element. Please consult the help files for a complete list of XPath related properties that may be useful in your application.

C# soap.XPath = "/Envelope/Body/TestResults/parent/child1/grandchild2"; Console.WriteLine(soap.XText);

Java soap.setXPath("/Envelope/Body/TestResults/parent/child1/grandchild2"); System.out.println(soap.getXText());