webservices, return xml without .net injecting xml schema

[Peter Nofelt]

Hey all,

I want to return an xml structure without .net trying to inject any of
its xml schema? Can this be done?

Here is the scenario:
I'm running into an issue with the return string of my .NET
webservice. I am attempting to return an xml string similar to this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<sInfo>
<name>tom</name>
<title>boss</title>
<stuff>
<anyType>wow</anyType>
<anyType>wow2</anyType>
</stuff>
</sInfo>

But instead I receive this:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<sInfo xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
<name>tom</name>
<title>boss</title>
<stuff>
<anyType xsi:type="xsd:string">wow</anyType>
<anyType xsi:type="xsd:string">wow2</anyType>
</stuff>
</sInfo>

Note, for my webservice I am returning a struct. The definition of that


struct is:
public class sInfo{
public string name;
public string title;
public ArrayList stuff;
//public Array smArray;
public sInfo()
{
stuff = new ArrayList();
}
}

Most importantly I do not want any of the 'xsi:type=' attributes to
be present in the return structure. Is there any way to override the
return so that I can return self defined xml. I am even willing on
returning hand built xml, but .NET encapsulates the structure within a
<string> tag?

So to summarize, I want to return an xml structure without .net trying
to inject any of its xml schema? Can this be done?

 

[Stefan]

It'd be good if you could post some code for your example.

I assume you are doing something like this:

[WebMethod]
public sInfo MyService()
{
...
}

If that is the case you could simply change it to

[WebMethod]
public string MyService()
{
/// return custom serialized xml string here
}

Of course this new version would be no real help when creating client
stubs to consume this service (no more strong typing
because all type information which .Net injects automatically is lost)

 

[Peter Nofelt]

Hey Stefan,

I tried returning a string, but .net encapsulates the xml string in a
<string> tag, thus not rendering the hand build xml as xml (even though
its valid).