How to move a money value from java to Flex

Question

According to
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/docs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDo cs_Parts&file=00001103.html
I can pass a Double, Float, Long, Short, BigDecimal or the primative equivalent types from java to Flex and they will be converted into a number.
My testcase says that only BigDecimal actually shows up on the Flex side.
Am I missing something or is there a problem in BlazeDs/Flex somewhere?
Bill Tims
P.S. If you would like my sample code, I'll be glad to post it.

Answer 1

Pete
After looking at it I see why you were confused. Here is the Java object, the receiving Flex object, and the debug info from the SystemOut.log out of JBos 4.2. All of this is using Java 1.6 and Flex 3.0. I'm using the December, 2008 BlazeDs jar files.
The variable bCd is being serialized as BCd. If I change it to bcd, everything works fine. We also tested this with php->flex and that works fine, which suggests the problem is in Blaze.
public class Test2 implements Serializable{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1805176418478176484L;
private String abc = "abc";
private String bCd = "bcd";
public Test2() {
public String getAbc() {
return abc;
public void setAbc(String abc) {
this.abc = abc;
public String getBCd() {
return bCd;
public void setBCd(String cd) {
bCd = cd;
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package jdbcTables.businessdelegate {
import mx.rpc.soap.types.*;
import org.slsot.mis.jdbc.*;
[RemoteClass(alias="org.slsot.mis.value.inquiry.Test2")]
[Bindable]
public class Test2
public var abc:String;
public var bCd:String;
} /* Test2*/
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12:24:22,084 INFO [STDOUT]-btims [BlazeDS]03/03/2009 12:24:22.084 [Endpoint.General] Channel endpoint slsot-amf received request.
12:24:22,084 INFO [STDOUT]-btims [BlazeDS]03/03/2009 12:24:22.084 [Endpoint.AMF] Deserializing AMF/HTTP request
Version: 3
(Message #0 targetURI=null, responseURI=/4)
(Array #0)
[0] = (Typed Object #0 'flex.messaging.messages.RemotingMessage')
operation = "callFunction"
source = null
destination = "accessor"
timestamp = 0
headers = (Object #1)
DSEndpoint = "slsot-amf"
DSId = "nil"
clientId = null
timeToLive = 0
messageId = "9530B236-243F-4965-4252-CD944C3430F1"
body = (Array #2)
[0] = "Test"
[1] = "test2"
[2] = (Array #3)
12:24:22,084 DEBUG [Accessor]-btims Begin Test.test2()
12:24:22,099 DEBUG [Security]-btims t2=org.slsot.mis.value.inquiry.Test2@1b89df3
12:24:24,678 DEBUG [Accessor]-btims End Test.test2()
12:24:24,678 INFO [STDOUT]-btims [BlazeDS]03/03/2009 12:24:24.678 [Service.Remoting] Adapter 'java-object' called 'org.slsot.mis.Accessor.callFunction(java.util.Arrays$ArrayList (Collection size:3)
[0] = Test
[1] = test2
[2] = java.lang.Object[] (Array length:0)
12:24:24,693 INFO [STDOUT]-btims [BlazeDS]03/03/2009 12:24:24.693 [Service.Remoting] Result: 'org.slsot.mis.value.inquiry.Test2
abc = abc
BCd = bcd
12:24:24,693 INFO [STDOUT]-btims [BlazeDS]03/03/2009 12:24:24.693 [Endpoint.AMF] Serializing AMF/HTTP response
Version: 3
(Message #0 targetURI=/4/onResult, responseURI=)
(Externalizable Object #0 'DSK')
(Typed Object #1 'org.slsot.mis.value.inquiry.Test2')
abc = "abc"
BCd = "bcd"
1.236104664693E12
(Byte Array #2, Length 16)
(Byte Array #3, Length 16)
(Byte Array #4, Length 16)