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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:22:55 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] SOAP Question re: Class Mapping & Constructors
From: adam@trachtenberg.com (Adam Maccabee Trachtenberg)

I would like to second this suggestion. I have been playing with the
classmap option and could use the ability to manipulate the object
after instantiation but before it's returned to the user.

-adam

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Andrew Yochum wrote:

> Hi Matt & Dmitry,
>
> Calling the magic __wakeup() func might be appropriate in this case,
> since SOAP envelope deserialization is a lot like regular
> deserialization.  It is a lot less confusing than calling the
> constructor w/ no args and seems quite appropriate given the context.
>
> Andrew
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 02:22:25PM -0500, Matt Friedman wrote:
> > Hi Dmitry,
> >
> > It is understandable that you don't know what the arguments might be.
> > But I would rather have the constructor called with no arguments, or
> > with just the std object `book` passed to the constructor instead of
> > no constructor at all.
> >
> > Is it possible?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/13/05, Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Matt,
> > >
> > > During SOAP envelope deserialization, objects are created indirectly.
> > > So constructors are not called (constructor may need arguments).
> > >
> > > This is not a bug.
> > >
> > > Thanks. Dmitry.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Matt Friedman [mailto:matt.friedman@gmail.com]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:49 PM
> > > > To: internals@lists.php.net
> > > > Subject: [PHP-DEV] SOAP Question re: Class Mapping & Constructors
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > We are using the built-in SOAP extension.
> > > >
> > > > From the docs:
> > > > $server = new SoapClient("books.wsdl", array('classmap' =>
> > > > array('book' => "MyBook")));
> > > >
> > > > Soap server will return a complex data type 'book'.  The data
> > > > fields for book will be mapped to the php class' data fields
> > > > in MyBook. It seems that the constructor for MyBook is never
> > > > called (according to our tests). The data fields are mapped
> > > > somehow internally.
> > > >
> > > > If I want MyBook to be much more than just a data container,
> > > > then I can foresee that I will often want/need a constructor
> > > > but __construct is not called.
> > > >
> > > > Could this be considered a bug? Any thoughts?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > -- Matt Friedman
> > > >
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