Issue with xsd Data type mapping for collection of user defined data type

Question

Hi,
I am facing a issue with wsdl for xsd mapping for collection of user defined data type.
Here is the code snippet.
sample.java
@WebMethod
public QueryPageOutput AccountQue(QueryPageInput qpInput)
public class QueryPageInput implements Serializable, Cloneable
protected Account_IO fMessage = null;
public class QueryPageOutput implements Serializable, Cloneable
protected Account_IO fMessage = null;
public class Account_IO implements Serializable, Cloneable {
protected ArrayList <AccountIC> fintObjInst = null;
public ArrayList<AccountIC>getfintObjInst()
return (ArrayList<AccountIC>)fintObjInst.clone();
public void setfintObjInst(AccountIC val)
fintObjInst = new ArrayList<AccountIC>();
fintObjInst.add(val);
Public class AccountIC
protected String Name;
protected String Desc;
public String getName()
return Name;
public void setName(String name)
Name = name;
For the sample.java code, the wsdl generated is as below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<wsdl:definitions
name="SimpleService"
targetNamespace="http://example.org"
xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
xmlns:tns="http://example.org"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:mime="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/mime/"
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
xmlns:soap12="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap12/"
>
<wsdl:types>
<xs:schema version="1.0" targetNamespace="http://examples.org" xmlns:ns1="http://example.org/types"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:import namespace="http://example.org/types"/>
<xs:element name="AccountWSService" type="ns1:accountEMRIO"/>
</xs:schema>
<xs:schema version="1.0" targetNamespace="http://example.org/types" xmlns:ns1="http://examples.org"
xmlns:tns="http://example.org/types" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:import namespace="http://examples.org"/>
<xs:complexType name="queryPageOutput">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="fSiebelMessage" type="tns:accountEMRIO" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="accountEMRIO">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="fIntObjectFormat" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fMessageType" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fMessageId" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fIntObjectName" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fOutputIntObjectName" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fintObjInst" type="xs:anyType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="queryPageInput">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="fPageSize" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fSiebelMessage" type="tns:accountEMRIO" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fStartRowNum" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fViewMode" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>
<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://example.org"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:tns="http://example.org" xmlns:ns1="http://example.org/types">
<import namespace="http://example.org/types"/>
<xsd:complexType name="AccountQue">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="arg0" type="ns1:queryPageInput"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:element name="AccountQue" type="tns:AccountQue"/>
<xsd:complexType name="AccountQueResponse">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="return" type="ns1:queryPageOutput"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:element name="AccountQueResponse" type="tns:AccountQueResponse"/>
</schema>
</wsdl:types>
<wsdl:message name="AccountQueInput">
<wsdl:part name="parameters" element="tns:AccountQue"/>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:message name="AccountQueOutput">
<wsdl:part name="parameters" element="tns:AccountQueResponse"/>
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:portType name="SimpleService">
<wsdl:operation name="AccountQue">
<wsdl:input message="tns:AccountQueInput" xmlns:ns1="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl"
ns1:Action=""/>
<wsdl:output message="tns:AccountQueOutput" xmlns:ns1="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl"
ns1:Action=""/>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:portType>
<wsdl:binding name="SimpleServiceSoapHttp" type="tns:SimpleService">
<soap:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
<wsdl:operation name="AccountQue">
<soap:operation soapAction=""/>
<wsdl:input>
<soap:body use="literal"/>
</wsdl:input>
<wsdl:output>
<soap:body use="literal"/>
</wsdl:output>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:binding>
<wsdl:service name="SimpleService">
<wsdl:port name="SimpleServicePort" binding="tns:SimpleServiceSoapHttp">
<soap:address location="http://localhost:7101/WS-Project1-context-root/SimpleServicePort"/>
</wsdl:port>
</wsdl:service>
</wsdl:definitions>
In the above wsdl the collection of fintObjInst if of type xs:anytype. From the wsdl, I do not see the xsd mapping for AccountIC which includes Name and Desc. Due to which, when invoking the web service from a different client like c#(by creating proxy business service), I am unable to set the parameters for AccountIC. I am using JAX-WS stack and WLS 10.3. I have already looked at blog http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kohlert/archive/2006/10/jaxws_and_type.html but unable to solve this issue. However, at run time using a tool like SoapUI, when this wsdl is imported, I am able to see all the params related to AccountIC class.
Can some one help me with this.
Thanks,
Sudha.

Answer 1

Did you try adding the the XmlSeeAlso annotation to the webservice
@XmlSeeAlso({<package.name>.AccountIC.class})
This will add the schema for the data type (AccountIC) to the WSDL.
Hope this helps.
-Ajay