Rails - Jan 2006 - Webservices and submitting object with associations

Hi - is there an easy way to submit an object with its associations as 
an :expects parameter to a AWS webservice?

I know I could first create a webservice method for the object, and then 
call - in a loop - another webservice for each of my association 
objects.

Is there an easier more elegant way, so that I don''t have to make so 
many expensive webservice calls?

I was thinking creating my own XML document for this, and passing it 
into a :string or a :base64 :expects parameter. Sound reasonable?

Thanks
Joerg

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Hi Joerg,
> Hi - is there an easy way to submit an object with its associations as 
> an :expects parameter to a AWS webservice?
Is it possible to use an ActionWebService::Struct in an :expects? You can
certainly use it in a :returns. So something like: 

    class AwsTree < ActionWebService::Struct
        member :id,   :int
        member :name, :string
    end

    class TreeApi < ActionWebService::API::Base
        api_method :get_tree_by_struct,
                   :expects => [[AwsTree]],
                   :returns => [{:treeid => :int}]
    end

    class Tree < ActionWebService::Base
        web_service_api TreeApi
    end

HTH,

- Andrew