Parameter named "return" does not work when calling a Web Service

[Former Member]

I copied function WRF_MATERIAL_MAINTAINDATA_RT to a new function with name Z_WRF_MATERIAL_MAINTAINDATA_RT, and created a new web service based on that new function. The function has a table parameter called "return", and so does the WSDL generated from that function.

When I generate a stub from that WSDL on the client side by using Axis 1.4, the generated stub has parameter called "_return" (note the leading underscore) in place of the parameter "return". Return is a reserved word in Java.

The table parameter "_return" is always empty after the web service call. I have checked with debugger on the SAP side that the function Z_WRF_MATERIAL_MAINTAINDATA_RT does return some rows in that parameter!

Is this a bug in Axis??? Do you know any work-arounds (other than renaming the parameter to something like "return1")?

[Former Member]

The problem was not with the parameter name. The problem was that the holder in the calling side had not been allocated properly.

[i827647]

Hi Juhani,

Do you try to execute the Web Service with SoapUI or XMLSpy??

I think that is not a problem with abap side, but with java. I recomend to you use the following prefix in function modules:

IMPORTING: I_

EXPORTING: E_

TABLES: T_

Regards,

Edson Thomaz