ReturnType="user-defined" returns wddx instead of SOAP

Question

No matter what I try, CF never returns a valid SOAP response
when I try to use a CFC as a return type. When I call the cartShow
method remotely, I get back wddx.
cart2.cfc?method=cartShow&cookie_id=73BF9A83-CC22-47E7-8D25EA72746CDF32

Answer 1

Hi Dan,
Thanks for coming back with a suggestion.
Unfortunately, it results in the same thing.
Quick Example:
From CFC:
<cffunction name="StructTest" access="remote"
returntype="any">
<cfargument name="argString" required="Yes"
type="string">
<cfset var result = structNew()>
<cfset structInsert(result,"Dan","Daniel Mackey")>
<cfset structInsert(result,"Sam","Sam Kidd")>
<cfset structInsert(result,"Peter","Peter Coppinger")>
<cfreturn result>
</cffunction>
From C#
LPS.WebServiceTest lps = new LPS.WebServiceTest();
LPS.Map map;
map = (LPS.Map)lps.StructTest("Dan");
MessageBox.Show(map.item.ToString());
The same thing occurs.
map.item is null
If I invoke this from ColdFusion, the correct data is
returned :-(
The exact C# message is :
"Object reference not set to an instance of an object." and
if I test map.item it is in fact Null.
Arrays, Strings, Queries are all working fine.
This is driving me nuts out of principle in that it should be
fine.
Map contains item which is an array of mapItems, each with a
Key/Value pair.
I could work around it by using an Array of Arrays SOAP type
(Convert the struct to an array which each element being a 2
element array for the key/values) but out of principle its eating
away at my will to live like a SOAP/C# brain cancer ;-)
Dan.