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I was wondering if someone could help better document the WSDL for the API interfaces. There are two different versions that are generated. One is at: http://host/fedora/wsdl?api=API-A and another is at: http://sandbox.ischool.drexel.edu:8080/fedora/services/access?wsdl.  These two WSDL documents are different as well. Specifically with the findObjects() definition.  When consuming this service, the axis interpretation gives you conditions and terms on the search request object, while the fedora WSDL gives you just item. For example, when consuming in .NET the code differences are:

AXIS WSDL

            FieldSearchQuery fsq = new FieldSearchQuery();

            Condition c = new Condition();
            c.@operator = ComparisonOperator.has;
            c.property = "subject";
            c.value = "*";
            fsq.conditions = new Condition[] { c };
            string[] sr = { "pid", "title", "subject" };
            FieldSearchResult fsr = a.findObjects(sr, "50", fsq);

Fedora WSDL

            fsq.Item= new Condition[] { c };

Either way, the service call fails when using conditions, and only succeeds when using a string-based terms query.  The servlet returns "org.xml.sax.SAXException: Found character data inside an array element while deserializing" when using the axis API-A and throws a preliminary "type not allowed" exception when using the fedora WSDL.

Does anyone have a workaround for this, or a better way of consuming the service that isn't documented?

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  1. Pavel Mika

    I know this wont help to the OP owner as its like 3 yrs old, but it can come handy to somebody else

    the query was missing the <fedoraconditions/> envelope to hold array of conditions

    the correct code should be (or works for me) :var coHolder = new FedoraAPIA.FieldSearchQueryConditions();

    *               coHolder.condition = new Condition[]

    Unknown macro: { c }

    *
                    fsq.Item= coHolder;

    note make sure that you use FedoraAWS.Condition as there is also simple Condition within framework and you more important you need to put * to keyvalue end even you use .has comparsion (bug in fedora translating * to database % wildcard ?  i didnt read anything about the * wildcard for search conditions) at least without the * the search matched 0 records for me

    fsq.Item="*"; will return all records