Rails - Jan 2006 - HELP!! - ActiveRecord derivates in AWS :expects method

Hi,

I have a strange problem while using WebService API which expects an
ActiveRecord derivate.

This is the code of the API ...

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class HarvesterApi < ActionWebService::API::Base
  api_method :send_measurand,
             :expects => [{:measurand => Measurand}, {:eaiSystemName =>
:string}]
end
------


... and this of my Model

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class Measurand < ActiveRecord::Base

  belongs_to :eai_system
  belongs_to :measurement_error
  acts_as_tree :order => "genId"


  # Constants for validation of measurand scope
  CLASSIFICATION_BEAN = "Bean"
  CLASSIFICATION_APPLICATION = "Application"
  CLASSIFICATION_WORKFLOW = "Workflow"

  # Validation part

  validates_presence_of :name, :genId, :classification

  validates_uniqueness_of :genId,
                          :message		    => "The GenID must be
unique"

  validates_inclusion_of :classification,
                         :in              => [ CLASSIFICATION_BEAN,
CLASSIFICATION_APPLICATION, CLASSIFICATION_WORKFLOW ],
                         :message         => "Classification must be of
the following: #{CLASSIFICATION_BEAN}, #{CLASSIFICATION_APPLICATION},
#{CLASSIFICATION_WORKFLOW}"

end
------

When I invoke the service.wsdl URL I''m getting the error from the Topic
(Complete Error page follows):

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ActiveRecord model classes not allowed in :expects
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How can that be? Did I any mistakes? That would be no suprise, bacause
I''m new to Rails and Ruby. But as I understand it, it is possible to
use
a AR as structured type in the method signature of a WebService.

Thanks for your help.

Dirk

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You need to enable the option in your controller:

ActionWebService::API::Base.allow_active_record_expects = true


Let me know if this works for you...I enabled it and stopped getting the 
"ActiveRecord model classes not allowed in :expects" error, but now I 
get "NoMethodError (You have a nil object when you didn''t expect
it!".

Hopefully this will work better for you than me.



Dirk Breuer wrote:
> ActiveRecord derivate.
> 
> This is the code of the API ...
> 
> ------
> class HarvesterApi < ActionWebService::API::Base
>   api_method :send_measurand,
>              :expects => [{:measurand => Measurand}, {:eaiSystemName
=>
> When I invoke the service.wsdl URL I''m getting the error from the
Topic
> (Complete Error page follows):
> 
> ------
> ActiveRecord model classes not allowed in :expects
> ------
> 
> How can that be? Did I any mistakes? That would be no suprise, bacause
> I''m new to Rails and Ruby. But as I understand it, it is possible
to use
> a AR as structured type in the method signature of a WebService.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Dirk

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