Custom serialization of JDK5 Enum in Axis 1.2 on client-side

Question

Hi Folks,

I am migrating a SOAP web service to JDK1.5. I have took advantage of native java enums in the new code. For some reasons, I'm stuck with Axis 1.2 and it does not natively support JDK5 "enums".

I have found a tutorial on how to implement custom a serialization / deserialization for java enums: http://www.developpez.net/forums/d236564/java/developpement-web-java/web-services/utiliser-type-enum-jdk5-axis/ (in French).

I have been able to successfully register those custom serialization handlers on the server side via the use of "typeMapping" elements in the ".wsdd" file.

However, I can't figure out how to register the same classes on the client side, as I do not have a ".wssd" file here.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Raphael