Is this on the server? If a method for your service returns an Element, you must provide a serializer for it. Alternatively, you can emulate the GetAllListings address book sample and have the client specify literal XML encoding:
call.setEncodingStyleURI(Constants.NS_URI_LITERAL_XML); Scott Nichol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vaibhav Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:37 PM Subject: RE: MS SOAP CLIENT > HI, > I am getting this error:: can anyone let me know why this might be > happening:::: > > java.lang.illegalArgumentException:No Serializer found to serialize a > 'org.w3c.dom.Element' > using encoding style 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" > > Thanking you > V > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Nichol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: MS SOAP CLIENT > > > You can check my samples at > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/scottnichol/vbclientapachesoap.htm > > From the code below, it appears you are not doing startElement/endElement > for > each parameter. For example, the symbol parameter for the stock quote > client is > serialized by this code: > > Serializer.startElement "symbol" > Serializer.SoapAttribute "xsi:type", , "xsd:string" > Serializer.writeString "IBM" > Serializer.endElement > > Scott > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vaibhav Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:04 PM > Subject: MS SOAP CLIENT > > > > Hi, > > I want to pass 4 parameters to a SOAP Method written in JAVA-APACHE, > > through VB,ie. i want to invoke getInstances(String s, String s1,String > > s2,String s3)... > > Can you please let me know how can i invoke this method using VB. Is there > > any sample code u could send me..This is what i am doing.. > > > > Method = "getInstances" > > Serializer.startEnvelope > > Serializer.SoapAttribute "xmlns:xsi", , _ > > > "http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema-instance" > > Serializer.SoapAttribute "xmlns:xsd", , _ > > "http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema" > > > > Serializer.startBody > > Serializer.startElement Method, MULTICITY_NS, NS_URI_SOAP_ENC, > > "sq" > > 'In the Java client, this corresponds to a new > > Parameter(...) > > Serializer.startElement "getInstances" 'Method name > > Serializer.SoapAttribute "xsi:type", , "xsd:string" > > Serializer.writeString "11" > > Serializer.SoapAttribute "xsi:type", , "xsd:string" > > Serializer.writeString "s1" > > Serializer.SoapAttribute "xsi:type", , "xsd:string" > > Serializer.writeString "s2" > > Serializer.SoapAttribute "xsi:type", , "xsd:string" > > Serializer.writeString "s3" > > Serializer.endElement > > Serializer.endElement > > Serializer.endBody > > Serializer.endEnvelope > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- > > Vaibhav Joshi > > Multicity > > tel: 703-790-0063, ext. 238 | fax: 703-790-3379 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.multicity.com > > > > Voted "Best Chat" by Yahoo! Internet Life > > and proud to be part of the "100 Best Sites for 2001" > > > > =========================================== > > This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > may > > contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, > > use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended > > recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies > > of the original message. > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com