2 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/protocol/soap_protocol/marshaler.rb b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/protocol/soap_protocol/marshaler.rb
index b36e029669..fa917ad4a5 100644
--- a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/protocol/soap_protocol/marshaler.rb
+++ b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/protocol/soap_protocol/marshaler.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ module ActionWebService
         end
 
         def ruby_to_soap(obj)
-          SOAP::Mapping.obj2soap(obj, @registry)
+          soap = SOAP::Mapping.obj2soap(obj, @registry)
+          soap.elename = XSD::QName.new if SOAP::Version >= "1.5.5" && soap.elename == XSD::QName::EMPTY
+          soap
         end
 
         def register_type(type)
@@ -63,12 +65,21 @@ module ActionWebService
           end
 
           @type2binding[type] = array_binding ? array_binding : type_binding
+          
+          if type.structured?
+            type.each_member do |m_name, m_type|
+              register_type(m_type)
+            end
+          end
+          
           @type2binding[type]
         end
         alias :lookup_type :register_type
 
         def annotate_arrays(binding, value)
-          if binding.type.array?
+          if value.nil?
+            return
+          elsif binding.type.array?
             mark_typed_array(value, binding.element_binding.qname)
             if binding.element_binding.type.custom?
               value.each do |element|
diff --git a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/protocol/xmlrpc_protocol.rb b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/protocol/xmlrpc_protocol.rb
index 53b67ced4c..64992e7754 100644
--- a/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/protocol/xmlrpc_protocol.rb
+++ b/actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/protocol/xmlrpc_protocol.rb
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
         end
 
         def encode_response(method_name, return_value, return_type, protocol_options={})
-          return_value = true if return_value.nil?
-          if return_type
+          if return_value && return_type
             return_value = value_to_xmlrpc_wire_format(return_value, return_type)
           end
+          return_value = false if return_value.nil?
           raw_response = XMLRPC::Marshal.dump_response(return_value)
           Response.new(raw_response, 'text/xml', return_value)
         end