Re: Generating PHP from WSDL

On 12 May 2010 11:53, Gary . <php-general@garydjones.name> wrote: > Let's if anyone can come up with a non-brittle solution to this. > > In order to create the framework code for a webservice client I > have generated it from the server's wsdl. Unfortunately the wsdl > (which is out of my control) tries to use "extension base=..." > to say that 'B' "extends"/"inherits from " 'A', and the > tool I > use doesn't understand it, with the result that the generated > code doesn't include that relatonship, and so sending a 'B' to > the webservice doesn't work because it doesn't also include the > expected properties of 'A'. > > Possible solutions I have thought of are: > > * create 'C', inheriting from 'A' and 'B' and send one of those >  instead, but of course php doesn't support multiple-inheritance; > > * manually change 'B' so that it does inherit from 'A'. I don't >  like this because if the wsdl changes then that client-side >  code needs to again be changed manually. > > * use composition instead. Doesn't seem it will work because the >  marshalling of the objects seems to want to use the properties >  directly (i.e. instead of using getters as it "should" do). > > Does anyone have any other ideas? > > Are there any generators out there that handle something like: > <s:complexType name="B"> >  <s:complexContent mixed="false"> >  <s:extension base="tns:A"> > ... > </s:complexType> > and produce nusoap client code? Can you provide a URL for the wsdl file please? -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling