XML-MATLAB Data Type Conversion

MATLAB^® SOAP functions automatically convert XML data types used in SOAP messages to and from MATLAB types (classes). The following table contains the XML type and the corresponding MATLAB type for scalar values used in a WSDL document.

XML Schema Type	MATLAB Type Returned—Scalar
boolean	logical
byte	int8
unsignedByte	uint8
short	int16
unsignedShort	uint16
int	int32
unsignedInt	uint32
long	int64
unsignedLong	uint64
float	double
double	double
string	char vector
gYear, gMonth, gDay, gYearMonth, gMonthDay	calendarDuration array
dateTime	dateTime
date	dateTime with Year, Month, Day fields undefined.
time	dateTime with Hours, Minutes, Seconds fields undefined.
duration	duration if no year, month or day calendarDuration otherwise
NOTATION, QName	Character vector containing a legal QName
hexbinary, base64Binary	N-by-1 vector of uint8 representing byte values (0-255) of encoded data
decimal, integer, nonPositiveInteger, nonNegativeInteger, positiveInteger, negativeInteger	double array

The following table contains the XML type and the corresponding MATLAB type for arrays.

XML Schema Type—Array	MATLAB Type Returned—Array
array of string	N-by-1 cell array of characters
array of any type	N-by-1 vector of specified type
array of hexbinary, base64Binary	Not supported