passing HashMap from Java to .Net (C#)

[McCaslin Orion <mc...@bah.com>]

I have a simple service with one function that returns a java.util.Map

When I try to Create the Web Reference in .Net, it fails saying:
Reference.map(1): Custom tool error: Unable to important WebService/Schema.
Unable to import binding 'ElementServiceSoapBinding' from namespace
'http://mapService.service.com'. Unable to import operation 'getMap'. Object
reference not set to an instance of an object.

MapService Class function:
public java.util.Map getMap() {
	System.out.println("IN Map Service: getMap()");
	java.util.Map testMap = new java.util.HashMap();
	return testMap;
}

AXIS v1.0

WSDL:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<definitions xmlns:http="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/http/"
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:s0="http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap"
xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
xmlns:tns="http://mapService.service"
xmlns:tm="http://microsoft.com/wsdl/mime/textMatching/"
xmlns:mime="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/mime/"
targetNamespace="http://mapService.service"
xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">
  <types>
    <s:schema targetNamespace="http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap">
      <s:import namespace="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" />
      <s:complexType name="Map">
        <s:sequence>
          <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" name="item">
            <s:complexType>
              <s:all>
                <s:element name="key" type="s:anyType" />
                <s:element name="value" type="s:anyType" />
              </s:all>
            </s:complexType>
          </s:element>
        </s:sequence>
      </s:complexType>
      <s:element name="Map" nillable="true" type="s0:Map" />
    </s:schema>
  </types>
  <message name="getMapRequest" />
  <message name="getMapResponse">
    <part name="getMapReturn" type="s0:Map" />
  </message>
  <portType name="MapService">
    <operation name="getMap">
      <input name="getMapRequest" message="tns:getMapRequest" />
      <output name="getMapResponse" message="tns:getMapResponse" />
    </operation>
  </portType>
  <binding name="MapServiceSoapBinding" type="tns:mapService">
    <soap:binding transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"
style="rpc" />
    <operation name="getMap">
      <soap:operation soapAction="" />
      <input name="getMapRequest">
        <soap:body use="encoded" namespace="http://mapService.service"
encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" />
      </input>
      <output name="getMapResponse">
        <soap:body use="encoded" namespace="http://mapService.service"
encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" />
      </output>
    </operation>
  </binding>
  <service name="MapServiceService">
    <port name="MapService" binding="tns:mapServiceSoapBinding">
      <soap:address location="http://honda/tia/services/mapService" />
    </port>
  </service>
</definitions>