- From: Jacek Kopecky <jacek@systinet.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:18:42 +0100 (CET)
- To: Alan Kent <ajk@mds.rmit.edu.au>
- cc: <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
Alan, just a minor point below.
Jacek Kopecky
Senior Architect, Systinet (formerly Idoox)
http://www.systinet.com/
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Alan Kent wrote:
> > In WASP, we deserialize an array (any array) into Java array
> > (putting nulls in the untransmitted positions) or our custom type
> > representing a sparse array. Which is used depends on what the
> > application expects and has in its interface.
>
> Sounds completely reasonable - however it means that you have
> lost semantics from the SOAP packet so an application cannot
> tell the difference between a null value that has been sent
> and an omitted value.
Yes, that's for application that don't need to know the
difference. Where they do need the difference, they use the
custom sparse array type.
> ps: Ok, I have finally managed to brainwash one other person, now just
> the rest of the list! :-) :-) :-)
Yes, Master. 8-)
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