How to Declare Complex Nested C# Type for Web Service
- by TheArtTrooper
I would like to create a service that accepts a complex nested type. In a sample asmx file I created:
[WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")]
[WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
// To allow this Web Service to be called from script, using ASP.NET AJAX, uncomment the following line.
// [System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService]
public class ServiceNest : System.Web.Services.WebService
{
public class Block
{
[XmlElement(IsNullable = false)]
public int number;
}
public class Cell
{
[XmlElement(IsNullable = false)]
public Block block;
}
public class Head
{
[XmlElement(IsNullable = false)]
public Cell cell;
}
public class Nest
{
public Head head;
}
[WebMethod]
public void TakeNest(Nest nest)
{
}
}
When I view the asmx file in IE the test page shows the example SOAP post request as:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body>
<TakeNest xmlns="http://schemas.intellicorp.com/livecompare/">
<nest>
<head>
<cell>
<block xsi:nil="true" />
</cell>
</head>
</nest>
</TakeNest>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
It hasn't expanded the <block> into its number member.
Looking at the WSDL, the types all look good. So is this just a limitation of the post demo page creator?
Thanks.
