Trouble parsing an object after it is received from a soap message.

[NightHawk]

I am using C# in VS2005 .Net, with a service which passes data to a proxy using a soap message. If all of the instance variables are strong typed, I have no problem, but I need to pass an instance variable which is held as an object. When I get the object in the proxy, it is an XmlNode[] with 2 elementsXmlNode[0] is an XmlAttribute, and XmlNode[1] is an XmlText. The XmlAttribute contains the correct information about the data type, and the XmlText contains the correct data.

I am looking for a way to have this return the correct data type with the data, instead of getting an XmlNode[].

I used test code similar to the following:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
 
namespace MewtV2.SystemFrameworks.Data.Device
{
    [Serializable()]
    [System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute( "code" )]
    [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()]
    [System.ComponentModel.ToolboxItem( true )]
    [XmlInclude( typeof( TestObject ) )]
    public class TestObject
    {
        public object Test = 69;
 
        public TestObject (int arg)
        {
            Test = arg;
        }
    }
}
 
 
In the service, I did the following:
TestObject ob = new TestObject(new TestData(72, "test string"));
SoapEnvelope replyEnvelope = MakeSoapEnvelope( DeviceServiceLiterals.DataReceivedResponseAction );
replyEnvelope.SetBodyObject( data );
replyEnvelope.Context.Addressing.To = new To( filter.Listener() );
SoapSender soapSender = new SoapSender( filter.Listener() );
soapSender.Send( replyEnvelope );
In the proxy, I have the following:
TestObject cmd = (TestObject)env.GetBodyObject(typeof(TestObject));
object ob = cmd.Test;
 
At this point, ob is an XmlNode[] instead of an integer.
 

[kenobewan]

I do not trust passing any complex objects via SOAP. If you have to, then ensure that you use the smallest and most optimal packets possible. If there is a way send in a binary format instead of a large plain text xml packet, then this would be the way to go...

[NightHawk]

I do not trust passing any complex objects via SOAP. If you have to, then ensure that you use the smallest and most optimal packets possible. If there is a way send in a binary format instead of a large plain text xml packet, then this would be the way to go...

In this case, I have to pass a complex object, and I don't have the option of using a binary format due to the software specs.