GroovyWS and complex requests

Question

I've faced with a problem of sending complex requests with GroovyWS.

This is sample request generated by soapUI:

<soapenv:Envelope 
    xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
    xmlns:dex="http://www.temp.com/com/dex" 
>
 <soapenv:Header/>
 <soapenv:Body>
  <dex:executeRequest>
     <!--Optional:-->
     <a>?</a>
     <!--Optional:-->
     <b>?</b>
     <!--Optional:-->
     <parameters>
        <!--Zero or more repetitions:-->
        <parameter>
           <!--Optional:-->
           <key>?</key>
           <!--Optional:-->
           <value>?</value>
        </parameter>
     </parameters>
     <!--Optional:-->
     <c>?</c>
     <!--Optional:-->
     <d>?</d>
  </dex:feedrequest>
 </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

the piece of groovy code:

def proxy = webService.getClient(grailsApplication.config.ws.endpoint);
proxy.processdRequest(?);

So what I should pass instead of ?.

Thanks for you help.

-vova.

Answer 1

Many thanks Bill.

I just want to add some info for future readers.

To turn on logging for GroovyWS in Grails:

log4j = {
   debug 'grails.app',
         'groovyx.net.ws',
         'org.apache.cxf'
}

With this as mentioned Bill you can see the names of the classes.

One more thing: parameters may have different type. Not List<?>. That's why it should be created too.

def params = proxy.create('com.temp.feeds.FeedRequestType$Parameters');

To retrieve available methods and fields for newly created objects you can use Groovy reflection:

params.class.methods.each{
        println it;
}
params.class.fields.each{
        println it;
}

That's all!

-vova