'out' parameters work outside of .NET?

[Doug Kent]

Hello,

In .NET C# it is possible to define a parameter to a web service method as
'out'. The web service method is expected to set the value of the parameter
before it completes execution.

The question: Do 'out' parameters work with non-.NET web service
implementations, where the non-.NET implementation is consuming (calling)
the method containing the 'out' parameter?

Example, would non-.NET web service implementations be able to obtain the
value of the 'name' parameter in this .NET web service method:

[WebMethod]
public int WhatsYourName(out string name)
{
name = "Doug";
return 0;
}


Thanks,
Doug

[Brock Allen]

Why don't you define a class that returns both a string and int? This is
a much cleaner approach in the context of web services. "out" is a C# thing,
not a web services thing (although, it does work IIRC).

-Brock
DevelopMentor
[url]http://staff.develop.com/ballen[/url]

> Hello,
>
> In .NET C# it is possible to define a parameter to a web service
> method as 'out'. The web service method is expected to set the value
> of the parameter before it completes execution.
>
> The question: Do 'out' parameters work with non-.NET web service
> implementations, where the non-.NET implementation is consuming
> (calling) the method containing the 'out' parameter?
>
> Example, would non-.NET web service implementations be able to obtain
> the value of the 'name' parameter in this .NET web service method:
>
> [WebMethod]
> public int WhatsYourName(out string name)
> {
> name = "Doug";
> return 0;
> }
> Thanks,
> Doug