Web Service Returns Object[ ] but it used to return List Object ??? Why?

Question

Hi All I have found a way around my problem but am really stumped as to why it is even happening???
So I have a simple we service that returns a ListOfAllEmployees List<Employee> and the Site for which a particular employee works.
Thursday I added a method to search employeesByName which would return a List<Employee> that matched the query.
I then consumed this method in my Proxy which read it as a List<Employee> and everything was perfect.
So now Friday I decide I want to add more functionality to my Web Service by adding a few more methods, like findEmployeesBySite.
So not to do to much at one time I code the method, test on the webservice side and then deploy the Web service, all is well.........
Now I try to update my proxy and I get a Cast error because now my Web Service does not return a List<Employee> but rather an Employee[ ]???????????????????????????
What did I do? All I did was add a toplink query, test and redeploy my webservice, nothing else. On the proxy side all the code is generated by a wizard so I assume that it is correct?
Anyway like I said I found a workaround so no big deal but I would like to understand why it changed from a List<Employee> to an Employee [ ]?
Here is the fix I have employed untill I get an answer, I just convert the Array to a Typed List.
(List<Employee>)Arrays.asList(port.findEmployeesByName(FName, LName));

Answer 1

ColdFusion sometimes has some problems connecting to
webservices using HTTPS.
Try Daverms's suggestion first. Recreating or refreshing the
webservice in the CFADMIN might fix your problem. Otherwise, if
that doesn't work I suggest:
Try saving the WSDL to a local location and running the
webservice off the local WSDL. The WSDL should have the location of
the actual webservice in it (I think the tag is <ServicePort>
or something like that), so it doesn't really matter where the WSDL
resides.