Getting raw XML from web service

[Simon]

Hello,

I have some web services which return quite large XML documents. I want to
invoke the services and retrieve the raw XML in order to persist it through
an XML database. I don't want to create a bunch of meaningless proxy classes.

It seems like this should be quite simple; I would appreciate some pointers!

Thanks,

Simon

[erymuzuan]

Re: Getting raw XML from web service


SoapExtension, will give you the flexibilty to get to the raw soap
messages,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwebservicesprotocolssoapextensionclasstopic.asp

regards
erymuzuan mustapa

Simon wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I have some web services which return quite large XML documents. I want to
> invoke the services and retrieve the raw XML in order to persist it through
> an XML database. I don't want to create a bunch of meaningless proxy classes.
>
> It seems like this should be quite simple; I would appreciate some pointers!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon[/color]

[erymuzuan]

Re: Getting raw XML from web service


SoapExtension, will give you the flexibilty to get to the raw soap
messages,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwebservicesprotocolssoapextensionclasstopic.asp

regards
erymuzuan mustapa

Simon wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I have some web services which return quite large XML documents. I want to
> invoke the services and retrieve the raw XML in order to persist it through
> an XML database. I don't want to create a bunch of meaningless proxy classes.
>
> It seems like this should be quite simple; I would appreciate some pointers!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon[/color]

[DC]

Re: Getting raw XML from web service

Hey Simon,
another way is to just morph the WSDL so that rather than retrieving a
strongly typed complexType, you are receiving just XmlElement.

This is sort of related:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnservice/html/service04162003.asp

But in your case, you are building clients. So what you want to do is
change the existing WSDL so that the response element is an xsd:any.
Replace this:
<s:element name="MethodRes ponse">
<s:complexTyp e>
<s:sequence>
<s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="whatever"
type="ns1:Custo mComplexType" />
</s:sequence>
</s:complexType>
</s:element>

....with something like this:

<s:element name="MethodRes ponse">
<s:complexTyp e>
<s:sequence>
<s:any minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
</s:sequence>
</s:complexType>
</s:element>

Then, generate the client-side proxies from this generic-ized WSDL. Your
client-side proxy will get a System.Xml.XmlE lement for each webmethod
invocation. This element contains the raw XML response.


-Dino
dinoch // microsoft.com


"erymuzuan" <erymuzuan@yaho o.com> wrote in message
news:42AEBCB0.7 050607@yahoo.co m...[color=blue]
>
> SoapExtension, will give you the flexibilty to get to the raw soap
> messages,
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
>
> regards
> erymuzuan mustapa
>
> Simon wrote:[color=green]
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have some web services which return quite large XML documents. I want
>> to invoke the services and retrieve the raw XML in order to persist it
>> through an XML database. I don't want to create a bunch of meaningless
>> proxy classes.
>>
>> It seems like this should be quite simple; I would appreciate some
>> pointers!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Simon[/color][/color]

[DC]

Re: Getting raw XML from web service

Hey Simon,
another way is to just morph the WSDL so that rather than retrieving a
strongly typed complexType, you are receiving just XmlElement.

This is sort of related:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnservice/html/service04162003.asp

But in your case, you are building clients. So what you want to do is
change the existing WSDL so that the response element is an xsd:any.
Replace this:
<s:element name="MethodRes ponse">
<s:complexTyp e>
<s:sequence>
<s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="whatever"
type="ns1:Custo mComplexType" />
</s:sequence>
</s:complexType>
</s:element>

....with something like this:

<s:element name="MethodRes ponse">
<s:complexTyp e>
<s:sequence>
<s:any minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
</s:sequence>
</s:complexType>
</s:element>

Then, generate the client-side proxies from this generic-ized WSDL. Your
client-side proxy will get a System.Xml.XmlE lement for each webmethod
invocation. This element contains the raw XML response.


-Dino
dinoch // microsoft.com


"erymuzuan" <erymuzuan@yaho o.com> wrote in message
news:42AEBCB0.7 050607@yahoo.co m...[color=blue]
>
> SoapExtension, will give you the flexibilty to get to the raw soap
> messages,
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
>
> regards
> erymuzuan mustapa
>
> Simon wrote:[color=green]
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have some web services which return quite large XML documents. I want
>> to invoke the services and retrieve the raw XML in order to persist it
>> through an XML database. I don't want to create a bunch of meaningless
>> proxy classes.
>>
>> It seems like this should be quite simple; I would appreciate some
>> pointers!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Simon[/color][/color]