Java 5 enums with Axis 1.2

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Markus Weseloh - 31 Aug 2005 15:34 GMT

Hello,

we develop a prototype using JDK 1.5. In this prototype we use Axis 1.2
for SOAP communication between the client and the server (Tomcat
5.5.9). Our problem is that we want to use the new Java 5 enums but
Axis 1.2 won't work with them (e.g. when a get method returns an enum).
Is it possible to write user defined serializer and deserializer to
support Java 5 enums? Or is there a standard solution? Or is it
impossible at all :-)?

Regards
Markus

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Roedy Green - 31 Aug 2005 21:48 GMT

>we develop a prototype using JDK 1.5. In this prototype we use Axis 1.2
>for SOAP communication between the client and the server (Tomcat
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>support Java 5 enums? Or is there a standard solution? Or is it
>impossible at all :-)?

You could write the ordinal or the name instead.

You need a dummy class on the other end with the same name as the enum
or the enum constant (if you added custom methods to it) that will
behave sufficiently like an enum. Then it would not need custom
serialisation.

You could decompile the enum code to get you a first shot at such
code. The enums in 1.4 still won't work in case labels.

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