0.82 as2 -> Method.AddParameter() -> struct

[Nobody/Anonymous]

hello,

when adding a struct via Connection.addParameter() and initiating a Call (i am assuming that) the Method.Render() doesnt work as expected from the docs:

quote--->
MyStruct = new Array();
MyStruct.push({name: "name", type: "string", value: "fred"});
MyStruct.push({name: "job", type: "string", value: "coder"});
MyStruct.push({name: "age", type: "int", value: 22});

MyXMLRPC->AddParameter("struct",MyStruct);
<---quote

s.a. results into following xml for parameters:

<params>
<param>
  <value>
   <struct>
    <member>
     <name>2</name>
     <value>[object Object]</value>
    </member>
    <member>
     <name>1</name>
     <value>[object Object]</value>
    </member>
    <member>
     <name>0</name>
     <value>[object Object]</value>
    </member>
   </param>
</params>
</struct>

i've taken a look at the Method.Render() and it looks (to me) like the code doesnt comply the doc-described behaviour at all (nested types?).

my questions:
1. am i right with the assumptions above?
2. is the file i'm using (xmlrpcflash-v0.82.zip) the correct and latest release?

hints and tips will be greatly appreciated.

cheers<3
-sh

[Matt Shaw]

.84 is the latest version

The problem is that your passing in an Array not a Struct but are still specifying "struct". The Render() method does a "for in" loop on the Array which returns indexes of the array rather than what it expects, which is struct keys. Below is code that works with v 0.84.

var x = new XMLRPC.Connection('http://blah');
MyArray = new Array();
MyArray.push({name: "name", type: "string", value: "fred"});
MyArray.push({name: "job", type: "string", value: "coder"});
MyArray.push({name: "age", type: "int", value: 22});

x.AddParameter(MyArray,XMLRPC.types.ARRAY);
x.Test();

[Jos]

I made a change to the render method to more easily support non-homogenious structs.

The original code (from ~line 127 in method.as)

<code>
// add value node
MemberNode.appendChild(this.createElement("value"));
MemberNode.lastChild.appendChild(this.createTextNode(parameter.value[i]));
</code>

my change
<code>
MemberNode.appendChild(this.CreateParameterNode({type:parameter.value[i].type,value:parameter.value[i].value}));
</code>

This allows for passing in, basically, exactly what you have listed above. But you can still call your array a struct (XMLRPC.types.STRUCT) and it works.