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I'm using Flash Builder 4.0.1 and following this tutorial.
I got to the point of adding the service - i entered the rds password, hit next and got the following error:
The CFC file is invalid. Possible causes can be found by accessing: http://localhost:8500//CFIDE/componentutils/cfcexplorer.cfc?method=getCFCMetaData&name=EmployeeServi...">http://localhost:8500//CFIDE/componentutils/cfcexplorer.cfc?method=getCFCMetaData&name=EmployeeServi...
When I browse to that URL I get the following:
The value returned from the getCFCMetaData function is not of type struct.
If the component name is specified as a return type, it is possible that either a definition file for the component cannot be found or is not accessible.
Resources:
* Check the ColdFusion documentation to verify that you are using the correct syntax.
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Browser Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13
Remote Address 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1%0
Referrer http://localhost:8500//CFIDE/componentutils/cfcexplorer.cfc?method=getCFCMetaData&name=EmployeeServi...
Date/Time 05-Jan-11 08:59 PM
Stack Trace
coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod$InvalidReturnTypeException: The value returned from the getCFCMetaData function is not of type struct.
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod$ReturnTypeFilter.invoke(UDFMethod.java:429)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod$ArgumentCollectionFilter.invoke(UDFMethod.java:368)
at coldfusion.filter.FunctionAccessFilter.invoke(FunctionAccessFilter.java:55)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod.runFilterChain(UDFMethod.java:321)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod.invoke(UDFMethod.java:517)
at coldfusion.runtime.TemplateProxy.invoke(TemplateProxy.java:496)
at coldfusion.runtime.TemplateProxy.invoke(TemplateProxy.java:355)
at coldfusion.filter.ComponentFilter.invoke(ComponentFilter.java:187)
at coldfusion.filter.ApplicationFilter.invoke(ApplicationFilter.java:381)
at coldfusion.filter.RequestMonitorFilter.invoke(RequestMonitorFilter.java:48)
at coldfusion.filter.BrowserDebugFilter.invoke(BrowserDebugFilter.java:79)
at coldfusion.filter.MonitoringFilter.invoke(MonitoringFilter.java:40)
at coldfusion.filter.PathFilter.invoke(PathFilter.java:94)
at coldfusion.filter.LicenseFilter.invoke(LicenseFilter.java:27)
at coldfusion.filter.ExceptionFilter.invoke(ExceptionFilter.java:70)
at coldfusion.filter.ClientScopePersistenceFilter.invoke(ClientScopePersistenceFilter.java:28)
at coldfusion.filter.BrowserFilter.invoke(BrowserFilter.java:38)
at coldfusion.filter.NoCacheFilter.invoke(NoCacheFilter.java:46)
at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:38)
at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22)
at coldfusion.xml.rpc.CFCServlet.invoke(CFCServlet.java:138)
at coldfusion.xml.rpc.CFCServlet.doPost(CFCServlet.java:289)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:89)
at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:86)
at coldfusion.monitor.event.MonitoringServletFilter.doFilter(MonitoringServletFilter.java:42)
at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:46)
at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:94)
at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.service(FilterChain.java:101)
at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:106)
at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42)
at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:286)
at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:543)
at jrun.servlet.http.WebService.invokeRunnable(WebService.java:172)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:320)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:428)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:266)
at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66)
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Hi,
Can you let us know which is the documentation you are following?
Also, would it be possible to share your EmployeeService.cfc?
Thanks,
Balaji
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Here's the component code that is failing...returntype is 'struct'...does not look like it is returning a struct below (in bold)...please advise, thx!:
<cffunction name="getCFCMetaData" returnType="struct" output="no" access="remote"
hint="Returns MCDL document representing the specified component.">
<cfargument name="name" type="string" required="no" />
<cfargument name="path" type="string" required="no" />
<cftry>
<cfscript>
if ( IsDefined('arguments.path') and arguments.path neq '' )
{
// we are trimming the extension if provided with path. because of
// 76373. We want to use GetComponentMetadata method as it gives advantage
// over GetMetadata, in terms of not initializing the object to get metadata.
// but Flex builder request come to call this method directly which have .cfc appended in the path.
var trimmedPath = HTMLEditFormat(arguments.path);
var indexOfCFC = FindNoCase("cfc.",reverse(trimmedPath)); // "cfc." = reverse(".cfc")
if (indexOfCFC eq 1) // trimmedPath ends with .cfc
{
trimmedPath = Left(trimmedPath, len(trimmedPath) - 4); // Remove .cfc
}
return getComponentMetaData(trimmedPath);
}
else if( isDefined('arguments.name') )
{
//This name should be a fully qualified name.
return getComponentMetaData(HTMLEditFormat(name));
}
</cfscript>
<cfcatch type="coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage$NoSuchTemplateException">
<cfoutput><h4>Component not found</h4>
The component definition file for component '#HTMLEditFormat(name)#' cannot be found on this server.</cfoutput>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
</cffunction>
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Looked at the documentation for 'getComponentMetaData' function, and it does return a structure, so not sure what could be wrong ??
Any help would be appreciated!
Thx! GK