webservices, return xml without .net injecting xml schema

[Peter Nofelt]

Hey all,

I want to return an xml structure without .net trying to inject any of
its xml schema? Can this be done?

Here is the scenario:
I'm running into an issue with the return string of my .NET
webservice. I am attempting to return an xml string similar to this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<sInfo>
<name>tom</name>
<title>boss</title>
<stuff>
<anyType>wow</anyType>
<anyType>wow2</anyType>
</stuff>
</sInfo>

But instead I receive this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<sInfo xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
<name>tom</name>
<title>boss</title>
<stuff>
<anyType xsi:type="xsd:string">wow</anyType>
<anyType xsi:type="xsd:string">wow2</anyType>
</stuff>
</sInfo>

Note, for my webservice I am returning a struct. The definition of that
struct is:
public class sInfo{
public string name;
public string title;
public ArrayList stuff;
//public Array smArray;
public sInfo()
{
stuff = new ArrayList();
}
}

Most importantly I do not want any of the 'xsi:type=' attributes to
be present in the return structure. Is there any way to override the
return so that I can return self defined xml. I am even willing on
returning hand built xml, but .NET encapsulates the structure within a
<string> tag?

So to summarize, I want to return an xml structure without .net trying
to inject any of its xml schema? Can this be done?

[Collin Bennett]

Implement IXmlSerializable and in the GetSchema you could return nothing
as the schema if you want.

Peter Nofelt wrote:

Hey all,

I want to return an xml structure without .net trying to inject any of
its xml schema? Can this be done?

Here is the scenario:
I'm running into an issue with the return string of my .NET
webservice. I am attempting to return an xml string similar to this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<sInfo>
<name>tom</name>
<title>boss</title>
<stuff>
<anyType>wow</anyType>
<anyType>wow2</anyType>
</stuff>
</sInfo>

But instead I receive this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<sInfo xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
<name>tom</name>
<title>boss</title>
<stuff>
<anyType xsi:type="xsd:string">wow</anyType>
<anyType xsi:type="xsd:string">wow2</anyType>
</stuff>
</sInfo>

Note, for my webservice I am returning a struct. The definition of that
struct is:
public class sInfo{
public string name;
public string title;
public ArrayList stuff;
//public Array smArray;
public sInfo()
{
stuff = new ArrayList();
}
}

Most importantly I do not want any of the 'xsi:type=' attributes to
be present in the return structure. Is there any way to override the
return so that I can return self defined xml. I am even willing on
returning hand built xml, but .NET encapsulates the structure within a
<string> tag?

So to summarize, I want to return an xml structure without .net trying
to inject any of its xml schema? Can this be done?