Creating Data Structures 

Use

Data structures are typically used as return values of service operations, for example as join structures of a query. Since the signature of service operations is modeled and the modeling tools can only be aware of model entities, any structure that is neither a data object node nor a Java simple type, such as a string, Boolean, and so forth, needs to be explicitly modeled.

Prerequisites

You have created at least one client data object, unless the data structure contains only Java simple types.

More information: Creating Client Data Objects

Procedure

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       1.      In the Service Explorer, open the Data Structures context menu and choose Create Data Structure.

       2.      In the Create Data Structure dialog box, enter a data structure name.

       3.      In the Object Editor, choose to Add a data-structure attribute.

       4.      In the dialog window, select the required attributes.

Result

The data object structure has been created and appears under the Data Structures node in the Service Explorer.