Hi guys, I'm exploring the realm of web services and I can't work out if this is possible.
If I return a Questionnaire object from an action, the relevant part of the SOAP response looks like
<return n2:arrayType="n1:Questionnaire[1]" xmlns:n2="Error; xsi:type="n2:Array"> <item> <id xsi:type="xsd:int">1</id> <name xsi:type="xsd:string">Desserts</name> <description xsi:type="xsd:string">A survey designed to observe current preferences for dessert foods</description> <rubric xsi:type="xsd:string"></rubric> </item> </return>
Now, a Questionnaire intrinsically has_many :questions (Question objects), and I'd like to be able to pass those in the same request - I don't think that SOAP requires <item>s to be single depth, surely it would be a bit useless using XML in that case.
Ideally I would like a way to get the response looking something like the following (or whatever Rails would require)
<return n2:arrayType="n1:Questionnaire[1]" xmlns:n2="Error; xsi:type="n2:Array"> <item> <id xsi:type="xsd:int">1</id> <name xsi:type="xsd:string">Kyanmedia Desserts</name> <description xsi:type="xsd:string">A survey designed to observe current preferences for dessert foods</description> <rubric xsi:type="xsd:string"></rubric> <questions> <item> <id xsi:type="xsd:int">1</id> <!-- more Question data --> </item> </questions> </item> </return>
Similarly, would the same be possible with arguments to API functions (i.e. passing in nested data from the remote point)?
Any references you can point me to would be appreciated 
Gareth