Publish ColdFusion Web Service with Complex Return Type

Hi,
I am working on a project to publish couple ColdFusion
webservices. The cosumer of those webservices is a Java
application.
One of my webservice need return an object. Here are demo
codes:
The returned ojbect is AddressRespond
AddressRespond.cfc:
<cfcomponent>
<cfproperty name="addresses" type="Address[]" />
<cfproperty name="myLearnException" type="MyException"
/>
</cfcomponent>
Address.cfc:
<cfcomponent>
<cfproperty name="city" type="string" />
<cfproperty name="state" type="string" />
</cfcomponent>
MyException.cfc:
<cfcomponent>
<cfproperty name="code" type="string" />
<cfproperty name="reason" type="string" />
</cfcomponent>
If the webservice "cosumer" is a ColdFusion application,
there is no any problems. But the Java application doesn't
understand the type of addresses in the WSDL file which is
gernerated by ColdFusion:
<complexType name="Address">
<sequence>
<element name="city" nillable="true"
type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="state" nillable="true"
type="xsd:string"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="MyException">
<sequence>
<element name="code" nillable="true"
type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="reason" nillable="true"
type="xsd:string"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="AddressRespond">
<sequence>
<element name="addresses" nillable="true"
type="tns1:ArrayOf_xsd_anyType"/>
<element name="MyException" nillable="true"
type="impl:MyException"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
Could anybody give me any idea on how to resolve this
problem?
Thanks!

The web service is actually the function, not the cfc and you
didn't show a function.
My own opinion is that since webservices by definition should
be available to any calling app (cold fusion, .net, flash, etc),
whatever gets returned from the method should be as universally
recognizable as possible. This generally means text, numbers,
boolean, or xml.

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