Re: SOAP Question re: Class Mapping & Constructors

Hi Matt & Dmitry, Calling the magic __wakeup() func might be appropriate in this case, since SOAP envelope deserialization is a lot like regular deserialization. It is a lot less confusing than calling the constructor w/ no args and seems quite appropriate given the context. Andrew On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 02:22:25PM -0500, Matt Friedman wrote: > Hi Dmitry, > > It is understandable that you don't know what the arguments might be. > But I would rather have the constructor called with no arguments, or > with just the std object book passed to the constructor instead > of > no constructor at all. > > Is it possible? > > Thanks, > Matt. > > > > On 12/13/05, Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com> wrote: > > Hi Matt, > > > > During SOAP envelope deserialization, objects are created indirectly. > > So constructors are not called (constructor may need arguments). > > > > This is not a bug. > > > > Thanks. Dmitry. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Matt Friedman [mailto:matt.friedman@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:49 PM > > > To: internals@lists.php.net > > > Subject: [PHP-DEV] SOAP Question re: Class Mapping & Constructors > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > We are using the built-in SOAP extension. > > > > > > From the docs: > > > $server = new SoapClient("books.wsdl", array('classmap' => > > > array('book' => "MyBook"))); > > > > > > Soap server will return a complex data type 'book'. The data > > > fields for book will be mapped to the php class' data fields > > > in MyBook. It seems that the constructor for MyBook is never > > > called (according to our tests). The data fields are mapped > > > somehow internally. > > > > > > If I want MyBook to be much more than just a data container, > > > then I can foresee that I will often want/need a constructor > > > but __construct is not called. > > > > > > Could this be considered a bug? Any thoughts? > > > > > > -- > > > -- Matt Friedman > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- > -- Matt Friedman > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- Andrew Yochum Plexpod andrew@plexpod.com 718-360-0879