Populate web service response from xml file

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Hi,

I will implement a mock web service for internal testing of a client
application we're developing. We do not want to hard code the answers, but
instead store the possible answers as XML data/files in a database. Each web
service method could have several possible answers which should be chosen
depending on the in parameters.

I would like input/ideas on an easy way of populating the web service
methods responses from the stored xml data. Or should we approach it
differently?

Thanks,
Magnus

[John Saunders [MVP]]

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Hi,

I will implement a mock web service for internal testing of a client
application we're developing. We do not want to hard code the answers, but
instead store the possible answers as XML data/files in a database. Each
web
service method could have several possible answers which should be chosen
depending on the in parameters.

I would like input/ideas on an easy way of populating the web service
methods responses from the stored xml data. Or should we approach it
differently?

This isn't very difficult. What have you tried?
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I will implement a mock web service for internal testing of a client
application we're developing. We do not want to hard code the answers,
but instead store the possible answers as XML data/files in a
database. Each web service method could have several possible answers
which should be chosen depending on the in parameters.

I would like input/ideas on an easy way of populating the web service
methods responses from the stored xml data. Or should we approach it
differently?

What sort fo XML are you returning? The entire SOAP message ... or just the
return data?

If it's just the return data, this is very simple to do.

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I can choose to implement it either in Java or C#, so right now I'm looking
at Java using JAXB and JAX-WS. I just wanted to know if there existed some
similar way to do it using C#/.NET.

"John Saunders [MVP]" wrote:

"Magnus" <Ma****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Hi,

I will implement a mock web service for internal testing of a client
application we're developing. We do not want to hard code the answers, but
instead store the possible answers as XML data/files in a database. Each
web
service method could have several possible answers which should be chosen
depending on the in parameters.

I would like input/ideas on an easy way of populating the web service
methods responses from the stored xml data. Or should we approach it
differently?

This isn't very difficult. What have you tried?
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John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer

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>I can choose to implement it either in Java or C#, so right now I'm looking
at Java using JAXB and JAX-WS. I just wanted to know if there existed some
similar way to do it using C#/.NET.

Like I said. It's pretty trivial. In fact, it's so trivial, that I hesitate
to provide sample code, since the sample will be so close to the final code
you need.

So, have you tried this at all? How would you do this in Java?

I apologize if I'm wrong, but I get the impression that you want us to "do
your homework for you". This is because, if you had started on this, you
might well have finished by now.
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Like I said. It's pretty trivial. In fact, it's so trivial, that I
hesitate to provide sample code, since the sample will be so close to
the final code you need.

No joking - but I think the OP probably has zero web services experience,
hence the question. But just looking at the Hello World example that comes
with the basic VS.NET web services template should be enough to get the OP
rolling.

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