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Posted to java-user@axis.apache.org by Lene Bredgaard <lb...@skyva.com> on 2002/05/13 21:08:57 UTC

What is the difference between a return value and an out (in/out) parameter?

Hi 

I am puzzled by the section 7.1 of the SOAP1.1 spec, describing the RPC
response message:
The method response is viewed as a single struct containing an accessor
for the return value and each [out] or [in/out] parameter. 
What is the difference between a return value and an out parameter?
Is there any difference in Java?

If somebody has an enlightening example it would help me.

Lene