Action Web Service supports the following base types in a signature:
- :int
- Represents an integer value, will be cast to an integer using
Integer(value)
- :string
- Represents a string value, will be cast to an string using the
to_s method on an object
- :base64
- Represents a Base 64 value, will contain the binary
bytes of a Base 64 value sent by the caller
- :bool
- Represents a boolean value, whatever is passed will be cast to boolean
(true, ‘1’, ‘true’, ‘y’,
‘yes’ are taken to represent true; false,
‘0’, ‘false’, ‘n’, ‘no’ and
nil represent false)
- :float
- Represents a floating point value, will be cast to a float using
Float(value)
- :time
- Represents a timestamp, will be cast to a Time object
- :datetime
- Represents a timestamp, will be cast to a DateTime object
- :date
- Represents a date, will be cast to a Date object
For structured types, you‘ll need to pass in the Class objects of ActionWebService::Struct and ActiveRecord::Base
derivatives.