Hi, I''m using ActionWebService to make an XML document representing a business object available over XML-RPC. The XML representation does not map directly to our model in a couple of ways: 1) XML element titles do not necessarily match the model column names. e.g. "programTitle" => "program_title" 2) The XML needs to reflect the model relationships. One program object can have many episode objects I have a service up and running, but returning the model directly results in XML with only the column names and values for that object. I''d like to be able to modify the column names, and also have related objects represented in the XML. I started looking at the ActionWebService::Struct object as a solution, but I realized that the ActionWebService::Struct object can only have base types as members. If I have an ActionWebService::Struct object for the Program model called XMLProgram and another called XMLEpisode for the Episode models, I can''t have XMLEpisode be an attribute of XMLProgram. Details on that are below, but I have some general questions: 1) Is there a mapping framework that handles model to xml mapping with the requirements I mentioned above? 2) Is there another way I should go about doing this? ActiveResource and REST are not on the table for the moment, and doesn''t resolve the scenario where there''s a difference between the db and xml representation. I''ve also looked at rbatis, which makes raw SQL queries in order to return results to methods (not what I''m looking for at the moment). Feedback, questions welcome. Thanks very much. class XMLProgram < ActionWebService::Struct member :episodes, [:XMLEpisode] member :broadcasts, [:Broadcasts] end trying to create one in the console results in the error below.>> we = WebEvent.newTypeError: XMLEpisode is not a valid base type from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionwebservice-1.2.3/lib/action_web_service/support/signature_types.rb:71:in `canonical_type_name'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionwebservice-1.2.3/lib/action_web_service/support/signature_types.rb:47:in `canonical_type'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionwebservice-1.2.3/lib/action_web_service/support/signature_types.rb:35:in `canonical_signature_entry'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionwebservice-1.2.3/lib/action_web_service/support/signature_types.rb:33:in `canonical_signature_entry'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionwebservice-1.2.3/lib/action_web_service/struct.rb:51:in `member'' from ./script/../config/../config/../app/models/xml_program.rb:28 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:203:in `load_without_new_constant_marking'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:203:in `load_file'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:202:in `load_file'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:94:in `require_or_load_without_engine_additions'' from ./script/../config/../config/../vendor/plugins/engines/lib/engines/rails_extensions/dependencies.rb:139:in `require_or_load'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:248:in `load_missing_constant'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:452:in `const_missing'' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:464:in `const_missing'' -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---