Receive XML from web service

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Martin Robins

I need to call a web service that has a wsdl indicating a complex type being
returned. VS2005 creates a proxy for the service without problem and also
creates a type that can retrieve the data; great.

However, I wish to access the XML being returned directly instead of using
the object generated by VS from the wsdl. Any suggestions as to how I might
do this (I have tried serialising the object that is returned but that does
not actually give me an accurate representation of the original XML.

Thanks.
 
Hello, Martin!

MR> However, I wish to access the XML being returned directly instead of
MR> using the object generated by VS from the wsdl. Any suggestions as to
MR> how I might do this (I have tried serialising the object that is
MR> returned but that does not actually give me an accurate representation
MR> of the original XML.

You can establish proxy server, that will capture xml content type ( text/xml ).
While in VS you will tell your stub to use that proxy. It is one way.

Another way will be simulation of web service client ( via HttpWebRequest ) - IMO complicated way.

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Regards, Vadym Stetsyak
www: http://vadmyst.blogspot.com
 
The customer I am working for requires that I keep a log of all send/receive
messages.

ArchitectOnTheEdge said:
Out of interest, why would you want the raw xml not the data?
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How do I tell VS that I want the XML and not the "Type" that it is creating
by default?
 
How do I tell VS that I want the XML and not the "Type" that it is creating
by default?
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AFAIK, you can't if you use "web reference" approach...

You can try to dump XML on server. Soap extensions is the solution here.
( http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/03/ASPColumn/ )
You make an extension that will dump xml content on request and response.

Take look at ( http://www.codeproject.com/cs/webse...asp?df=100&forumid=78022&exp=0&select=1402839 )

If you have no access to the server webservice, that simple proxy will do the job.
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Regards, Vadym Stetsyak
www: http://vadmyst.blogspot.com
 
Martin said:
The customer I am working for requires that I keep a log of all send/receive
messages.
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WSE could provide the logging for you, although the WSE 2.0
recommendation is to not use it in a release version (the log file
grows quickly).

Halvard
 
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