How to order the elements in soap message?

[Rr Kumaran]

I am having a web service provider on AXIS1.3 and when am sending below response to the consumer:

<a>
<a1>a1</a1>
<a2></a2>
</a>
<b>
<b1></b2>
<b2></b2>
</b>
<c>c</c>
<d>
<d1>d1</d1>
</d>

But instead of above soap message I want to send below and want to order the elements.

<c>c</c>
<a>
<a1>a1</a1>
<a2></a2>
</a>
<b>
<b1></b2>
<b2></b2>
</b>
<d>
<d1>d1</d1>
</d>

Is there any tweaking reqired in the generated AXIS server-config.wsdd file. Please suggest.

[Jesus Angeles]

Hello, how do you generate the xml currently? Using saaj?

[Rr Kumaran]

I am using Java2WSDL and deployed my service using server-config.wsdd and Axis generated SOAP message for me while sending the web service response.

[Jesus Angeles]

If you are open to changing the wsdl, and possibly the java items involved (complex return object or helper class/interface) that you use, you can change the wsdl accordingly (to the order of the xml items you prefer), and use wsdl2java to generate the interface.

[Rr Kumaran]

I am following bottom up approach for developing and deploying my web service using AXIS. I first hava POJO that needs to be exposed as web service and then I did java2wsdl and then I have created the server-config.wsdd and deployed the service and generated finally the wsdl. If I change wsdl then it is not going effect the way I send the *response* soap message and chaging the wsdl will effect the client and the way he sends his *request* soap message since client side stubs will determine the request soap message which are generated from wsdl.

Please correct me if my understanding is wrong.

[Jesus Angeles]

That is correct.

I havent tried, but, have you tried rearranging the variables in your return object?...just in case the xml elements gets rearranged too

[Rr Kumaran]

yep, I dont want to rearrange the elements in an return object but want to rearrange the return objects themselves...