XML/SOAP attributes for a complextype in kSOAP

Question

I'm trying to parse a SOAP response that contains nested ComplexTypes using the kSOAP library on Android 2.1.

<event att1="value1" att2="value2" att3="value3"> 
   <tag2> ... </tag2>
   <tag3> ... </tag3>
</event>

I've implemented my own class Event that implements org.ksoap2.serialization.KvmSerializable to parse this response.

It is not clear to me if and how I can parse/deserialize the attributes (att1, att2 and att3) of the event node. Is it even possible with the current kSOAP implementation?

Thanks.

Answer 1

As far as I know, reading attributes is not possible with the kSOAP library. That's why I'd rather not use it.

EDIT: after searching on the web for a bit I found out that there seems to be a patch out which makes it able to read attributes. I think you can download it here but I'm not sure if it's the right one: Link to Download

But apperently these guys somewhat managed to get it to work:

(last few posts are discussing it).

Hope this helps. Let me know if you figured it out.

ANOTHER EDIT: Try this link. It definitely works in reading attributes with kSOAP:

This Post

Answer 2

I am the author os the attribute patch and now the project maintainer of ksaop2-android. http://code.google.com/p/ksoap2-android/

Attribute parsing definitely works with the code from my project version 2.5.1 and the latest 2.5.2. I am using it in an application that is live in Android market without problems.

See the wiki page on how to go about using it:

http://code.google.com/p/ksoap2-android/wiki/HowToUse

and also see some of the links in the wiki links page to see how to get marshalling to work.