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Where do I put a cfc file that describes a complex structure for a web service?

Hi!

I'm trying to create a web service in ColdFusion 9 that returns a complex structure or has a complex argument. I am placing the .cfc file that describes the structure in the same directory as the .cfc that is using the structure. RIght now I'm just trying to get a wsdl.

I currently have two functions in my .cfc, The first one returns a string. The second one ideally returns an array of strings. Saying returntype="string[]" gives an error that ColdFusion could not parse string

So I tried making a defined type with the individual element being a string:

<cfcomponent>
<cfproperty name="InfoSource" type="string">
<cfcomponent>

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My code that uses this cfc is:

<cfcomponent>
<cffunction name="getzips" access="remote" returntype="string">
 <cfset #resultsCommaDelimtedZips# = "this is the result">
 <cfreturn CommaDelimitedZips>
</cffunction>

<cffunction name="getInfoSources" access="remote" returntype="InfoSources[]">
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

The error that I get is:

AXIS error

Sorry, something seems to have gone wrong... here are the details:

Fault - Error attempting to create Java skeleton for CFC web service.; nested exception is:
 coldfusion.xml.rpc.CFCInvocationException: [coldfusion.compiler.ParseException : Invalid CFML construct found on line 3 at column 1.ColdFusion was looking at the following text:<The CFML compiler was processing:<ul>< marks the beginning of a ColdFusion tag.Did you mean LT or LTE?</ul>]

AxisFault
faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server.generalException
faultSubcode:
faultString: Error attempting to create Java skeleton for CFC web service.; nested exception is:
 coldfusion.xml.rpc.CFCInvocationException: [coldfusion.compiler.ParseException : Invalid CFML construct found on line 3 at column 1.ColdFusion was looking at the following text:<The CFML compiler was processing:<ul>< marks the beginning of a ColdFusion tag.Did you mean LT or LTE?</ul>]
faultActor:
faultNode:
faultDetail:
 {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}hostname:ntc15

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I have a similar problem if I use cfproperty:

<cfcomponent>
<cfproperty name="approved" type="string">
<cfproperty name="total_charged" type="string">
<cfproperty name="charge_error" type="string">
<cfproperty name="renewed_until" type="string">
<cfproperty name="reason" type="string">
<cfcomponent>

http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=webservices_20.html says
Note: If the component files are not in a directory under your web root, you must create a web server mapping to the directory that contains them. You cannot use ColdFusion mappings to access web services.

So I tried putting the .cfc file in a directory beneath my wwwroot folder rather than in it. That didn't help.

Any suggestions? I feel like I've done exactly what all the documentation I can find tells me to do!

Thanks!

-- Mabel :-)
mliang@datacollaborative.com

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We're working with another company that is doing the front end and using the web service, so I have to have the wsdl show the actual data type, not just "any". But I'll try that just to see if I can get a better result. I had a similar problem when I tried the name of the component, InfoSources. I'll try the array - but how do I tell it an array of _strings_ specifically?

Thanks!

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Hammo777,

Thanks! I had already found that post. I've finally gotten something to work by making my file names and component names be all lower case. It makes no sense to me, but I do finally have a WSDL.

FWIW, my files are all in the same directory.

Thanks for your help!

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I still don't know how to specify an array of strings, and the answer provided didn't tell me where to put the other .cfc file.