Axis - Using type safe enumerations as parameters.

Question

I defined the following:
interface A {
foo(E x);
where class E is a type safe enumeration (NOT a Java1.5 enum).
When using java2wsdl | wsdl2java i get:
interface A' {
foo(String x);
And then all the stubs and skeletons are implementing A' so I can't use my A. How can I stop axis from doing this?

Answer 1

Hi,
AFAIK, you can't. I'm not an expert though, so everything below may not be the best solution.
The best way I have found for dealing with enums is to declare them as such in your schema, viz:
      <simpleType name="HoldStatus">
        <annotation>
          <documentation>The status of a hold.</documentation>
        </annotation>
        <restriction base="string">
          <enumeration value="INACTIVE"/>
          <enumeration value="ACTIVE"/>
        </restriction>
      </simpleType>Then, most WSDL->Java tools will do something sensible with this, making their own form of enum. I don't know about Axis, but Weblogic's wsdl2service does this.
Then you still have to map between the generated enum and your one. This is the best solution I'm aware of, though.
As far as running java2wsdl then wsdl2java - I'm not aware of any tools that will do 'round tripping' like this successfully. I'd be keen to hear of some if there are any though :-D
-Tim