Comments on: Flex & Flash as Competitors to Java? http://www.jamesward.com/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/ Rich Internet Applications | Flex | Adobe AIR | Java | Open Source | Linux | Enterprise Software | Cloud Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: James Ward http://www.jamesward.com/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/comment-page-1/#comment-150272 James Ward Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:33:37 +0000 http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/#comment-150272 <a href="#comment-150269" rel="nofollow">@Patrick</a> Can you also file a bug with your WSDL: http://bugs.adobe.com/flex Thanks. -James @Patrick
Can you also file a bug with your WSDL:
http://bugs.adobe.com/flex

Thanks.

-James

]]> By: Patrick http://www.jamesward.com/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/comment-page-1/#comment-150269 Patrick Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:28:59 +0000 http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/#comment-150269 Please share the modifications made to the wsdl to allow the import. I am trying to import a wsdl for an Oracle PL/SQL service, but have the same issue you are having with JAX-WS. It just doesn't work.. Thanks, Patrick Please share the modifications made to the wsdl to allow the import. I am trying to import a wsdl for an Oracle PL/SQL service, but have the same issue you are having with JAX-WS. It just doesn’t work..

Thanks,

Patrick

]]> By: Bing Ran http://www.jamesward.com/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/comment-page-1/#comment-149606 Bing Ran Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:16:00 +0000 http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/#comment-149606 <a href="#comment-132235" rel="nofollow">@Jon</a> I think I have a workaround for Flex WDSL importer with JAX-WS. It's a simple wrapped parameter thing. Once I have imported a wsdl from jax-ws (with minimal jax-ws annotation), I opened the BaseMyTestService and searched for all the requestMessage.isWrapped and responseMessage.isWrapped and set them to false. That's all. Not sure why, since I'm not a webservice export. I'm curious thou. @Jon

I think I have a workaround for Flex WDSL importer with JAX-WS.

It’s a simple wrapped parameter thing.

Once I have imported a wsdl from jax-ws (with minimal jax-ws annotation), I opened the BaseMyTestService and searched for all the

requestMessage.isWrapped

and

responseMessage.isWrapped

and set them to false.

That’s all.

Not sure why, since I’m not a webservice export. I’m curious thou.

]]> By: James Ward http://www.jamesward.com/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/comment-page-1/#comment-133031 James Ward Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:18:06 +0000 http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/#comment-133031 Hi Jon, SOAP Web Services are a tough thing to consistently support given all the differences in implementations. Can you file a bug for your specific problem? http://bugs.adobe.com/flex Thanks. -James Hi Jon,

SOAP Web Services are a tough thing to consistently support given all the differences in implementations. Can you file a bug for your specific problem? http://bugs.adobe.com/flex

Thanks.

-James

]]> By: Jon http://www.jamesward.com/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/comment-page-1/#comment-132235 Jon Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:03:09 +0000 http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/#comment-132235 Has anyone had success using the proxy classes that the new "Import Web Service (WSDL)..." function in Flex Builder 3 generate? I REALLY wish Adobe would fix up their web service support. What is the deal? As near as I can tell, it doesn't even work. I have had some success doing it the old way without the generated classes, but, I've ran into numerous bugs doing it that way as well. Specifically, I've had a lot of issues with collections. The new way works just fine WCF, yet it seems to completely fail with JAX-WS. This to me makes no sense given Adobe seems to use Java on the backend. I don't get it. Even Silverlight works fine with JAX-WS. Has anyone had success using the proxy classes that the new “Import Web Service (WSDL)…” function in Flex Builder 3 generate? I REALLY wish Adobe would fix up their web service support. What is the deal? As near as I can tell, it doesn’t even work. I have had some success doing it the old way without the generated classes, but, I’ve ran into numerous bugs doing it that way as well. Specifically, I’ve had a lot of issues with collections. The new way works just fine WCF, yet it seems to completely fail with JAX-WS. This to me makes no sense given Adobe seems to use Java on the backend. I don’t get it. Even Silverlight works fine with JAX-WS.

]]> By: Fears about Open Source are Real « Storagedumpasia Rumblings http://www.jamesward.com/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/comment-page-1/#comment-130405 Fears about Open Source are Real « Storagedumpasia Rumblings Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:37:44 +0000 http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/#comment-130405 [...] SUN Microsystems is another company that is heavy into the Open Source momentum. But whereas RedHat is 100% open source, SUN still has technology that is proprietary - afterall, SUN started life in the proprietary world.It can be argued that JAVA was SUN’s first experiment on Open Source. Thankfully, the JAVA community thrives today despite competition. [...] [...] SUN Microsystems is another company that is heavy into the Open Source momentum. But whereas RedHat is 100% open source, SUN still has technology that is proprietary – afterall, SUN started life in the proprietary world.It can be argued that JAVA was SUN’s first experiment on Open Source. Thankfully, the JAVA community thrives today despite competition. [...]

]]> By: James Ward http://www.jamesward.com/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/comment-page-1/#comment-123871 James Ward Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:06:27 +0000 http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/#comment-123871 Those having problems should first try the new Web Service Import wizard in Flex Builder 3. If that doesn't work or you want to use mx:WebService please file a bug: http://bugs.adobe.com/flex -James Those having problems should first try the new Web Service Import wizard in Flex Builder 3. If that doesn’t work or you want to use mx:WebService please file a bug:
http://bugs.adobe.com/flex

-James

]]> By: Sunil http://www.jamesward.com/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/comment-page-1/#comment-123095 Sunil Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:53:53 +0000 http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/#comment-123095 Nice article. I am sending a very complex object from flex to Java using Axis. The structure is like this Class A{ var 1 var 2 . . var n Array B } Class B{ var 1 var 2 . . var n Array C Array D } Class C{ var 1 var 2 . . var n Array E } Something like this. And on the java side, i am getting nothing. With Java test client, my webservice works very fine. But with flex client, it does not. Any help or suggestion is welcome. Thanks, Sunil Nice article. I am sending a very complex object from flex to Java using Axis. The structure is like this

Class A{
var 1
var 2
.
.
var n
Array B
}

Class B{
var 1
var 2
.
.
var n
Array C
Array D
}

Class C{
var 1
var 2
.
.
var n
Array E
}

Something like this. And on the java side, i am getting nothing. With Java test client, my webservice works very fine. But with flex client, it does not.

Any help or suggestion is welcome.

Thanks,
Sunil

]]> By: Rohit http://www.jamesward.com/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/comment-page-1/#comment-123094 Rohit Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:33:43 +0000 http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/#comment-123094 hi James, Thanks for the enlighting post,it was a great help!! Can you explain how do we send an object array,something like this : public class XXX { private var id:int; private var organization:String; private var owner:UserRecord; private var params:Array; } public class UserRecord { private var display_name:String; private var id:int; private var xx:Array; } Now I have a tree structure..when I try to pass it as an object in the Axis webservice,It receives null. Object is constructed at the flex end though. What are the available options?Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, hi James,

Thanks for the enlighting post,it was a great help!!
Can you explain how do we send an object array,something like this :
public class XXX
{

private var id:int;
private var organization:String;
private var owner:UserRecord;
private var params:Array;
}
public class UserRecord
{
private var display_name:String;
private var id:int;
private var xx:Array;
}

Now I have a tree structure..when I try to pass it as an object in the Axis webservice,It receives null.
Object is constructed at the flex end though.

What are the available options?Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

]]> By: Tim Goodman http://www.jamesward.com/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/comment-page-1/#comment-96429 Tim Goodman Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:26:44 +0000 http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/2007/07/30/flex-flash-as-competitors-to-java/#comment-96429 Hi James, I tried the example you gave with one of my SOAP servers, and I got the error below. Did you also need to update the services-config.xml file? If so, can you post that also? Many Thanks, Tim 'Destination 'https://{servername}.com/soapi.pl' either does not exist or the destination has no channels defined (and the application does not define any default channels.)'] at mx.messaging.config::ServerConfig$/internalGetChannelSet()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\messaging\config\ServerConfig.as:624] at mx.messaging.config::ServerConfig$/getChannelSet()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\messaging\config\ServerConfig.as:255] Hi James,

I tried the example you gave with one of my SOAP servers, and I got the error below. Did you also need to update the services-config.xml file? If so, can you post that also?

Many Thanks,
Tim

‘Destination ‘https://{servername}.com/soapi.pl’ either does not exist or the destination has no channels defined (and the application does not define any default channels.)’]
at mx.messaging.config::ServerConfig$/internalGetChannelSet()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\messaging\config\ServerConfig.as:624]
at mx.messaging.config::ServerConfig$/getChannelSet()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\messaging\config\ServerConfig.as:255]

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