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Hi,
I am new to Web Services.
When i am invoking a method(this method returns a Big Decimal value) in WebService, am getting the result as String type always in client. But I need Big Decimal value in Client class.
Service service = new Service ();
Call call = (Call) service.createCall ();
call.setTargetEndpointAddress (new URL (endpoint));
call.setOperationName ("farenheitToCelsius");
<b>Object celToFar = call.invoke (new Object[] {BigDecimal.valueOf (64)});</b>
The method "farenheitToCelsius" always returns Big Decimal value. But in Client class 'celToFar' is getting as String instead of BigDecimal.
Please Help.
Full Code given below:


WebService Class
<code>
@WebService
public class TestWS
{
@WebMethod
public BigDecimal celsiusToFarenheit (BigDecimal temp)
{
BigDecimal result = temp.multiply (BigDecimal.valueOf (1.8)).add (BigDecimal.valueOf (32));
return result;
}

@WebMethod
public BigDecimal farenheitToCelsius (BigDecimal temp)
{
BigDecimal result = temp.subtract (BigDecimal.valueOf (32)).divide (BigDecimal.valueOf (1.8), 2,
RoundingMode.HALF_UP);
return result;
}

}
</code>
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Client Class
<code>
public class TestClient
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
try
{

String endpoint = "http://localhost:8081/WebServices/services/TestWS";
Service service = new Service ();
Call call = (Call) service.createCall ();
call.setTargetEndpointAddress (new URL (endpoint));
call.setOperationName ("farenheitToCelsius");
<b>Object celToFar = call.invoke (new Object[] {BigDecimal.valueOf (64)});</b>
System.out.println ("celToFar::" + celToFar);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.err.println (e.toString ());
}
}
}
</code>
----------------------------------------------------------------------

TestWS.wsdl
<code>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<wsdl:definitions targetNamespace="http://test.com" xmlns:apachesoap="http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap" xmlns:impl="http://test.com" xmlns:intf="http://test.com" xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns:wsdlsoap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<!--WSDL created by Apache Axis version: 1.4
Built on Apr 22, 2006 (06:55:48 PDT)-->
<wsdl:types>
<schema elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="http://test.com" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<element name="celsiusToFarenheit">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="temp" type="xsd:decimal"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
<element name="celsiusToFarenheitResponse">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="celsiusToFarenheitReturn" type="xsd:decimal"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
<element name="farenheitToCelsius">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="temp" type="xsd:decimal"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
<element name="farenheitToCelsiusResponse">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="farenheitToCelsiusReturn" type="xsd:decimal"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
</schema>
</wsdl:types>

<wsdl:message name="farenheitToCelsiusResponse">

<wsdl:part element="impl:farenheitToCelsiusResponse" name="parameters">

</wsdl:part>

</wsdl:message>

<wsdl:message name="farenheitToCelsiusRequest">

<wsdl:part element="impl:farenheitToCelsius" name="parameters">

</wsdl:part>

</wsdl:message>

<wsdl:message name="celsiusToFarenheitRequest">

<wsdl:part element="impl:celsiusToFarenheit" name="parameters">

</wsdl:part>

</wsdl:message>

<wsdl:message name="celsiusToFarenheitResponse">

<wsdl:part element="impl:celsiusToFarenheitResponse" name="parameters">

</wsdl:part>

</wsdl:message>

<wsdl:portType name="TestWS">

<wsdl:operation name="celsiusToFarenheit">

<wsdl:input message="impl:celsiusToFarenheitRequest" name="celsiusToFarenheitRequest">

</wsdl:input>

<wsdl:output message="impl:celsiusToFarenheitResponse" name="celsiusToFarenheitResponse">

</wsdl:output>

</wsdl:operation>

<wsdl:operation name="farenheitToCelsius">

<wsdl:input message="impl:farenheitToCelsiusRequest" name="farenheitToCelsiusRequest">

</wsdl:input>

<wsdl:output message="impl:farenheitToCelsiusResponse" name="farenheitToCelsiusResponse">

</wsdl:output>

</wsdl:operation>

</wsdl:portType>

<wsdl:binding name="TestWSSoapBinding" type="impl:TestWS">

<wsdlsoap:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>

<wsdl:operation name="celsiusToFarenheit">

<wsdlsoap:operation soapAction=""/>

<wsdl:input name="celsiusToFarenheitRequest">

<wsdlsoap:body use="literal"/>

</wsdl:input>

<wsdl:output name="celsiusToFarenheitResponse">

<wsdlsoap:body use="literal"/>

</wsdl:output>

</wsdl:operation>

<wsdl:operation name="farenheitToCelsius">

<wsdlsoap:operation soapAction=""/>

<wsdl:input name="farenheitToCelsiusRequest">

<wsdlsoap:body use="literal"/>

</wsdl:input>

<wsdl:output name="farenheitToCelsiusResponse">

<wsdlsoap:body use="literal"/>

</wsdl:output>

</wsdl:operation>

</wsdl:binding>

<wsdl:service name="TestWSService">

<wsdl:port binding="impl:TestWSSoapBinding" name="TestWS">

<wsdlsoap:address location="http://localhost:8081/WebServices/services/TestWS"/>

</wsdl:port>

</wsdl:service>

</wsdl:definitions>

</code>
 
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