> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Dovey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> I suggest you reread the SOAP protocol spec. In particular
> the bit that
> says "Although it is possible to use the xsi:type attribute
> such that a
> graph of values is self-describing both in its structure and the types
> of its values, the serialization rules permit that the types of values
> MAY be determinate only by reference to a schema. Such
> schemas MAY be in
> the notation described by "XML Schema Part 1: Structures"
> [10] and "XML
> Schema Part 2: Datatypes" [11] or MAY be in any other notation. Note
> also that, while the serialization rules apply to compound types other
> than arrays and structs, many schemas will contain only
> struct and array
> types."

Sorry, maybe I've let myself get too Java oriented.  I just use the
BeanSerializer to make and break my objects and don't have to refer to a
schema.

Ralph