WebService应用---接口返回参数是List遇到的问题

在WebService应用中，如果定义接口中的方法返回参数是List 很可能遇到这样的异常：

org.codehaus.xfire.XFireRuntimeException: Cannot create mapping for java.util.List, unspecified component type for interface java.util.List
    at org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.type.DefaultTypeCreator.createCollectionType(DefaultTypeCreator.java:43)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.type.java5.Java5TypeCreator.createCollectionType(Java5TypeCreator.java:159)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.createTypeForClass(AbstractTypeCreator.java:90)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.createType(AbstractTypeCreator.java:387)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.createCollectionQName(AbstractTypeCreator.java:310)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.createCollectionType(AbstractTypeCreator.java:214)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.type.java5.Java5TypeCreator.createCollectionType(Java5TypeCreator.java:155)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.type.XMLTypeCreator.createCollectionType(XMLTypeCreator.java:181)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.createTypeForClass(AbstractTypeCreator.java:90)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.type.AbstractTypeCreator.createType(AbstractTypeCreator.java:347)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.aegis.AegisBindingProvider.getSuggestedName(AegisBindingProvider.java:125)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.service.binding.DefaultServiceConfiguration.getOutParameterName (DefaultServiceConfiguration.java:174)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.service.binding.ObjectServiceFactory.getOutParameterName(ObjectServiceFactory.java:958)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.service.binding.ObjectServiceFactory.addOperation(ObjectServiceFactory.java:719)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.service.binding.ObjectServiceFactory.initializeOperations(ObjectServiceFactory.java:645)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.service.binding.ObjectServiceFactory.create(ObjectServiceFactory.java:350)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.service.binding.ObjectServiceFactory.create(ObjectServiceFactory.java:284)
    at org.codehaus.xfire.service.binding.ObjectServiceFactory.create(ObjectServiceFactory.java:265)
    at com.webservice.WsClient.getUserByPage(WsClient.java:44)
    at gov.bjciq.health.action.RecodeList.service(RecodeList.java:52)
    at com.digitalchina.sictech.web.DispatchServlet.service(DispatchServlet.java:60)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:237)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)
    at gov.bjciq.health.util.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:39)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:186)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:198)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:152)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:137)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:102)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:929)
    at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:160)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:799)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:705)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:577)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:683)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

如果遇到这样的问题 可以按以下步骤解决：

因为我们用到了List等集合类型，所以需要定义Mapping关系，我们在我们定义接口的包内新建一个文件（请注意，此文件一定要放到与接口相同的目录下面，否则会出错。）：接口名.aegis.xml。

XFire默认的Aegis Binding语法非常简单，int,String,Date等类型的参数和返回值都无需定义，只要定义一下List的返回值List里的对象就可以了，是我见过最简单的binding定义，大大优于其他以设计复杂为终极目标的方案。

代码如下

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mappings>
   <mapping>
     <method name="接口中方法名">
           <return-type componentType="List内对象的完整类名" />
     </method>
   </mapping>
</mappings>

经过这样的配置 就没有问题了.