Correct way of displaying result from a complex type result of webservice

[Eymard]

Hi,

I’m trying to call a webservice with the following code and expect to dump a list of country but when I try to dump it I am getting the following methods.

<cfscript>
ws = createObject("webservice", " http://sandbox.voxbone.com/ws/services/VoxService?wsdl");
myReturnVar = ws.getCountriesList(args);
</cfscript>

<cfoutput># myReturnVar.ctry#</cfoutput>
<cfdump var="# myReturnVar#">

1st DUMP:
voxbone.webservices.services.containers.ArrayOfCountry@94185581
object of voxbone.webservices.services.containers.ArrayOfCountry
Methods hashCode (returns int)
equals (returns boolean)
getCountry (returns [Lvoxbone.webservices.services.containers.Country;)
getCountry (returns voxbone.webservices.services.containers.Country)
getSerializer (returns interface org.apache.axis.encoding.Serializer)
getDeserializer (returns interface org.apache.axis.encoding.Deserializer)
getTypeDesc (returns org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc)
setCountry (returns void)
setCountry (returns void)
getClass (returns java.lang.Class)
wait (returns void)
notify (returns void)
notifyAll (returns void)
toString (returns java.lang.String)


On my 1st DUMP, I can see two (2) getCountry() methods and tried the following code and do a 2nd DUMP if I can display the data I want but when I tried to dump it I am getting another hierarchy of methods ( please see below 2nd DUMP). Now the error comes when I try to dump getCountryName() method to display country name for example but it gives me function not found. Can someone help me what is the correct way of displaying data from a web service result? Thank you and really appreciate any input.

<cfscript>
ws = createObject("webservice", " http://sandbox.voxbone.com/ws/services/VoxService?wsdl");
myReturnVar = ws.getCountriesList(args);

realStruct = structNew();
realStruct.ctry = myReturnVar.getCountry();
</cfscript>

<cfoutput>#realStruct.ctry#</cfoutput>
<cfdump var="#realStruct.ctry#">

2nd DUMP:

Lvoxbone.webservices.services.containers.Country;@11e3923
array
1 object of voxbone.webservices.services.containers.Country
Methods hashCode (returns int)
equals (returns boolean)
getSerializer (returns interface org.apache.axis.encoding.Serializer)
getDeserializer (returns interface org.apache.axis.encoding.Deserializer)
getTypeDesc (returns org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc)
getAvailableDidsCount (returns int)
setAvailableDidsCount (returns void)
getCountryCodeA2 (returns java.lang.String)
setCountryCodeA2 (returns void)
getCountryName (returns java.lang.String)
setCountryName (returns void)
getCountryPhoneCode (returns int)
setCountryPhoneCode (returns void)
getClass (returns java.lang.Class)
wait (returns void)
wait (returns void)
wait (returns void)
notify (returns void)
notifyAll (returns void)
toString (returns java.lang.String)

[pwp69]

These complex types are a challenge...
It returns a complex type array. You have to invoke the getCountry method to create the array. Try this.

<cfset aCountries = results.getCountry() />
<cfloop index="i" from="1" to="#ArrayLen(aCountries)#>
#aCountry .country#
</cfloop>

I found this link helpful: http://www.webreference.com/programming/coldfusion/1/5.html

[friendofasquid]

Actually, the suggested way to do it is for each get method, e.g. getCountry(), use dot notation.
result.aCountries[1].country

You can check with properties are accessable by dumping StructKeyArray(webServiceResult) which is much easier to decipher than the dump of a complex type.

Finally, if using CF7, you can get the RAW xml that came from your SOAP request. You might find this easy to navigate after dumping it to examine its structure. This approach is more useful for Document Literal style services.