Passing XML data as parameter of web service

[Ludwig]

What's the best way to pass xml data to a web service: as XmlDocument,
or as a string, or....? (the xml data is structured by XSD)

Thanks,
kind regards,

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[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Ludwig,

Does the XML data conform to a schema? If so, you should be able to
create a managed type which represents the schema and then expose that.

If you are looking to send any arbitrary XML data, then expose the
XmlDocument, and it will be exposed in the WSDL as allowing any element.
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What's the best way to pass xml data to a web service: as XmlDocument,
or as a string, or....? (the xml data is structured by XSD)

Thanks,
kind regards,

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http://www.coders-lab.be

[Ludwig]

On Fri, 11 May 2007 10:02:45 -0400, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c omwrote:

>Ludwig,

Does the XML data conform to a schema? If so, you should be able to
create a managed type which represents the schema and then expose that.

If you are looking to send any arbitrary XML data, then expose the
XmlDocument, and it will be exposed in the WSDL as allowing any element.

Hi,

yes it conforms to an XSD. What do you mean with 'create a managed
type' ? (communication goes from a company to another company)

Thanks,
Ludwig

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[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Ludwig,

I am curious, if another company is exposing the web service, do they
have a WSDL document that you can use? If so the VS.NET (or wsdl.exe if you
want to work from the command line) should develop the appropriate types
that you can use (instead of an arbitrary XmlDocument).
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On Fri, 11 May 2007 10:02:45 -0400, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c omwrote:

>>Ludwig,

Does the XML data conform to a schema? If so, you should be able to
create a managed type which represents the schema and then expose that.

If you are looking to send any arbitrary XML data, then expose the
XmlDocument , and it will be exposed in the WSDL as allowing any element.

Hi,

yes it conforms to an XSD. What do you mean with 'create a managed
type' ? (communication goes from a company to another company)

Thanks,
Ludwig

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Ludwig,
ASP.NET webservices can serialize / deserialize and accept an XmlDocument
instance as an input parameter to a WebMethod. Internally this materializes
as an XmlNodeList I believe.
Peter

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"Ludwig" wrote:

On Fri, 11 May 2007 10:02:45 -0400, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c omwrote:

Ludwig,

Does the XML data conform to a schema? If so, you should be able to
create a managed type which represents the schema and then expose that.

If you are looking to send any arbitrary XML data, then expose the
XmlDocument, and it will be exposed in the WSDL as allowing any element.

Hi,

yes it conforms to an XSD. What do you mean with 'create a managed
type' ? (communication goes from a company to another company)

Thanks,
Ludwig

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[Ludwig]

On Fri, 11 May 2007 10:18:35 -0400, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c omwrote:

>Ludwig,

I am curious, if another company is exposing the web service, do they
have a WSDL document that you can use? If so the VS.NET (or wsdl.exe if you
want to work from the command line) should develop the appropriate types
that you can use (instead of an arbitrary XmlDocument).

Well, they sent us the XSD, that's it...

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[Ludwig]

On Fri, 11 May 2007 07:25:01 -0700, Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]
<pb*******@yaho o.yabbadabbadoo .comwrote:

>Ludwig,
ASP.NET webservices can serialize / deserialize and accept an XmlDocument
instance as an input parameter to a WebMethod. Internally this materializes
as an XmlNodeList I believe.
Peter

Yes, I've read that.... but I didn't know if this is the best way to
do it.......

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[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Are you sure it isn't a WSDL document? Does the top look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<wsdl:definitio ns xmlns:soap="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/soap/"
xmlns:tm="http://microsoft.com/wsdl/mime/textMatching/"
xmlns:soapenc=" http://schemas.xmlsoap .org/soap/encoding/"
xmlns:mime="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/mime/"
xmlns:tns="http ://tempuri.org/"
xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:soap12="h ttp://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/soap12/"
xmlns:http="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/http/"
targetNamespace ="http://tempuri.org/"
xmlns:wsdl="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/">
<wsdl:types>

And so on...
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On Fri, 11 May 2007 10:18:35 -0400, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c omwrote:

>>Ludwig,

I am curious, if another company is exposing the web service, do they
have a WSDL document that you can use? If so the VS.NET (or wsdl.exe if
you
want to work from the command line) should develop the appropriate types
that you can use (instead of an arbitrary XmlDocument).

Well, they sent us the XSD, that's it...

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[Ludwig]

On Fri, 11 May 2007 10:46:40 -0400, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c omwrote:

Are you sure it isn't a WSDL document? Does the top look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<wsdl:definiti ons xmlns:soap="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/soap/"
xmlns:tm="http://microsoft.com/wsdl/mime/textMatching/"
xmlns:soapenc=" http://schemas.xmlsoap .org/soap/encoding/"
xmlns:mime="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/mime/"
xmlns:tns="http ://tempuri.org/"
xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:soap12="h ttp://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/soap12/"
xmlns:http="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/http/"
targetNamespace ="http://tempuri.org/"
xmlns:wsdl="ht tp://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/">
<wsdl:types>

And so on...

No, only XSD, but I can ask the WSDL I guess!

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[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

That's definitely the better option. If it is a web service and it
offers a WSDL file, then you can auto generate the proxies and be done with
it.
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On Fri, 11 May 2007 10:46:40 -0400, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c omwrote:

> Are you sure it isn't a WSDL document? Does the top look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<wsdl:definit ions xmlns:soap="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/soap/"
xmlns:tm="http://microsoft.com/wsdl/mime/textMatching/"
xmlns:soapenc=" http://schemas.xmlsoap .org/soap/encoding/"
xmlns:mime="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/mime/"
xmlns:tns="http ://tempuri.org/"
xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:soap12="h ttp://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/soap12/"
xmlns:http="htt p://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/http/"
targetNamespace ="http://tempuri.org/"
xmlns:wsdl="h ttp://schemas.xmlsoap .org/wsdl/">
<wsdl:types >

And so on...

No, only XSD, but I can ask the WSDL I guess!

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