"R. K. Wijayaratne" <rasikaw@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184635788.918278.214410@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi everyone,
>
> We have a web method which returns the following type:
>
>
> public class methodNameResult
> {
> public string responseCode = null;
> public string details = null;
> }
>
>
> Here is the web-method that returns the above:
>
>
> [SoapDocumentMethod("",
> Use = System.Web.Services.Description.SoapBindingUse.Encoded,
> ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Bare)]
> public methodNameResult OurWebMethod(...)
> {
> ...
> }
>
>
> Here is what the actual returned XML from the above web-method looks
> like:
>
>
> <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/
> encoding/">
> <types:methodNameResult id="id1">
> <responseCode xsi:type="xsd:string">...</responseCode>
> <details xsi:type="xsd:string">...</details>
> </types:methodNameResult>
> </soap:Body>
>
>
> How can we ensure that the returned XML doesn't have
> '<types:methodNameResult id="id1">' and '</types:methodNameResult>' in
> it? We would rather specify it directly at the web-service rather than
> removing / modifying the XML using a SoapFilter for example.

"John Saunders [MVP]" wrote:

> "R. K. Wijayaratne" <rasikaw@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1184635788.918278.214410@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > We have a web method which returns the following type:
> >
> >
> > public class methodNameResult
> > {
> > public string responseCode = null;
> > public string details = null;
> > }
> >
> >
> > Here is the web-method that returns the above:
> >
> >
> > [SoapDocumentMethod("",
> > Use = System.Web.Services.Description.SoapBindingUse.Encoded,
> > ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Bare)]
> > public methodNameResult OurWebMethod(...)
> > {
> > ...
> > }
> >
> >
> > Here is what the actual returned XML from the above web-method looks
> > like:
> >
> >
> > <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/
> > encoding/">
> > <types:methodNameResult id="id1">
> > <responseCode xsi:type="xsd:string">...</responseCode>
> > <details xsi:type="xsd:string">...</details>
> > </types:methodNameResult>
> > </soap:Body>
> >
> >
> > How can we ensure that the returned XML doesn't have
> > '<types:methodNameResult id="id1">' and '</types:methodNameResult>' in
> > it? We would rather specify it directly at the web-service rather than
> > removing / modifying the XML using a SoapFilter for example.
>
> Are you trying to get just the responseCode and details returned? If that's
> the case, then you shouldn't try to return a methodNameResult. Instead, try
> returning the two values as "out" parameters:
>
> [WebMethod]
> public void OurWebMethod(..., out string responseCode, out string details)
> {
> }
> --
> John Saunders [MVP]
>