is there a way to control tag names in generated soap message

[mike]

When I define a webservice:


SOURCE:

[WebMethod]
public string Crunch(string bite)
{
return "{"+ruff.ToLower()+"}";
}

SOAP REQUEST:

<soap:Envelope ..... >
<soap:Body>
<Crunch>
<bite>string</bite>
</Crunch>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP RESPONSE:

<soap:Envelope ...... >
<soap:Body>
<CrunchResponse>
<CrunchResult>string</CrunchResult>
</CrunchResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Is there a simple way to control names for generated tags? For example
changing "CrunchResult" to "Crunch" for return values and changing
"bite" to "Arg" (instead of changing argument name in the source code).

 

[Brock Allen]

You can control those via custom attributes applied to the method, parameters
and return value. Here's the XmlElementAttribute docs to get you started:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...erializationXmlElementAttributeClassTopic.asp

 

[mike]

Hello Allen,

Yes, I did look into that and I missed AttributeTargets.ReturnValue.
Now that is in place. How do I use it?

[WebMethod]
public [XmlElement("MYCUSTOM")] string Crunch(string bite)
{
return "{"+ruff.ToLower()+"}";
}

That does not compile. How do I attach an attribute to a return value?

Next, will it change <CrunchResult> to <MYCUSTOM> if this is somehow
above is fixed and attribute is applied correctly.

 

[mike]

Hello Allen,

I asked the question back too quickly without looking around.

[WebMethod]
[return: XmlElement("MYCUSTOM")]
public string Crunch(string bite)
{
return "{"+ruff.ToLower()+"}";
}

works ok now with the seap response as

<soap:Envelope ...... >
<soap:Body>
<CrunchResponse>
<MYCUSTOM>string</MYCUSTOM>
</CrunchResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

thanks