I made a mistake, I wrote ASP 2.0, I meant ASP.NET 2.0. The articles below
are great but they don't help me figure out how asmx framework handles object
graphs/messages that contain CIRCULAR REFERENCES combined with GENERICS. Thx.
"Josh Twist" wrote:
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> The asmx framework uses the XmlSerializer, here are some pointers:
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...rv/?frame=true
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...howwebmeth.asp
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> Josh
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http://www.thejoyofcode.com/
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> Lapu-Lapu wrote:[color=green]
> > I have authored a web service using ASP 2.0. The web services return objects
> > that use generics and that also contain circular references.
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> > Programmatically, everything works well, as long as you use the web service
> > proxy client generated by visual studio. However, the default test harness
> > provided by the .asmx file errors out because it seems to use
> > XmlSerialization and cannot handle circular references.
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> > I understand that the XmlSerializer cannot handle circular references, while
> > the SoapFormatter cannot handle generics. How does the asmx framework
> > serialize and deserialize such objects?
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> > Thanks in advance.
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