Cast an xsd:anyType Array to an Array of String

When the PropertyCollector returns array data representing an array of strings, the array has the type xsd:anyType. To use the data in your application, you must first cast it to a specialized type for arrays of strings.

This example code uses the JAX-WS-generated Java bindings for the VMware vSphere Web Services SDK WSDL.

Procedure

1. Use the DynamicProperty.getVal() method to retrieve the anyType property value.
2. Cast the anyType value to a value of type ArrayOfString.
3. Use the corresponding get method to assign the result of the cast operation to a list variable.

Example

/*
* Handling arrays of strings.
* Cast the return value to ArrayOfString and use getString().
*/
List[] stringList = ((ArrayOfString) dynamicProp.getVal()).getString();