September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
640 pages
18h 43m
English
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SOAP Datatype Conversion
Web services are varied but have a core set of datatypes that are readily converted by the Flash gateway. Table A-11 shows the datatype conversions from Flash ActionScript to SOAP.
Table A-11. Flash-to-SOAP datatype conversion
|
Flash (ActionScript) |
SOAP |
|
ActionScript object |
complex type |
|
Array (indexed) |
array |
|
Array (associative) |
complex type |
|
Boolean |
boolean |
|
Date object |
dateTime |
|
Number |
decimal, float, double, integer, int (depending on what the number is most readily converted to) |
|
RecordSet |
query object[6] |
|
String |
String |
|
Undefined |
null |
|
XML Object |
System.Xml.XmlDocument |
|
Null |
null |
[6] ColdFusion only. | |
Table A-12 shows the datatype conversions from SOAP to Flash ActionScript.
Table A-12. SOAP-to-Flash datatype conversion
|
SOAP |
Flash (ActionScript) |
|
complex type |
ActionScript object |
|
complex type |
ActionScript object of that type |
|
array |
Array (indexed) |
|
complex type |
Array (associative) |
|
Boolean |
Boolean |
|
dateTime |
Date object |
|
decimal, float, double, integer, int |
Number |
|
complex type |
Array of RecordSets |
|
query object[7] |
RecordSet |
|
string |
String |
|
System.Xml.XmlDocument |
XML object |
|
nothing |
Null |
[7] ColdFusion only. | |
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