Visual Studio.NET 2003 generates type object[] for ArrayList method return

[JDeats]

I've noticed what appears to be a bug in the Visual Studio.NET (1.0
and 2003 versions). If I declare a web method like so:

[WebMethod]
public ArrayList GetMyList()
{
ArrayList list = new ArrayList()
list.Add("one");
list.Add("two");
return list;
}


If I bind to the above from a client application like so:

ArrayList newlist = mywebservice.GetMyList();

The above fails (sometimes, sometimes it works), the compiler expects
a type of object[] (object array) and not ArrayList. Casting also
fails. I've even tried the following:


[WebMethod]
public object[] GetMyList()
{
ArrayList list = new ArrayList()
list.Add("one");
list.Add("two");
return list.ToArray();
}

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't work. The later example never
works. Can anyone explain this? Is it a IDE generated code bug?

 

[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

have a look at this
http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/2001_12/online/online_eprods/webservices_yshohoud12_12/default_pf.aspx

It explains the situation you are confronting.

-Dino