serialization, deserialization and serialization again?

[Andreas Zita]

In my ws I have a method that serializes a simple custom object with some
properties. On the other side, in my aspx application, the object is
received and deserialized nicely by .net.

But the problem is that i don't _want_ .net to deserialize the returning
xml. The serialized xml text is exactly what I want because Im only going to
feed that string into a simple "Xml Web Control" and then attach a
stylesheet file to it. Im a bit new to this but shouldnt this be very very
simple? At the moment Im doing a work-around and serializing the stupid
object _back_ to xml again and something tells me I shouldnt need to do
that? Since its allready there in the soap response i mean ... but thow do I
get hold of it in aspx .net?

Continuing ...

My first approach was to try and make use of the deserialized object instead
somehow but unfortunately the deserialized object didnt actually have
exactly the same structure as my original object. The properties (get/set)
in my original object had been exchanged for simple variables which then
didnt allow me to use this object as a datasource etc. So that approach left
me with nothing. I really dont get this, why serialize and deserialize if
whats left isnt the same as the original anyway?

[richlm]

You could serialize your custom class instance to XML inside your web method
on the server using XmlSerializer and then pass it to the caller as a string
(instead of as an instance of your custom class).

[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

This idea will work, however you will inflate your payload by escaping all
the angle brackets etc.

Another approach is to define the interface as passing an xsd:any, if you
start with WSDL/XSD, or decorating one part of the response message with
[XmlAny], if you start with ASMX. On the receiving (caller) side, you will
get back an instance of XmlElement. At this point you can directly get the
Xml from the XmlElement without going through an XmlSerializer.

For more on this technique check out this article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...ce04162003.asp

or google around for XmlAnyElement

-Dino

"richlm" <ri*****@h0tmai1.com> wrote in message
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You could serialize your custom class instance to XML inside your web
method on the server using XmlSerializer and then pass it to the caller as
a string (instead of as an instance of your custom class).