ASMX web service function reads incomplete XML

**rytlaw** · Feb 15 '12, 08:44 AM

I wrote a simple web service function using ASMX:

Code:

	Public Function processMessage(ByVal Messages as XMLElement) As String	 	
        Dim strS as string
        strS = Messages.outerXML
        Return strS
    End Function

This should is used to handle SOAP request like the following:

Code:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:urn="urn:gps-hex-communicator">
   <soap:Header/>
   <soap:Body>
      <processMessage xmlns="urn:gps-hex-communicator">
         <!--Optional:-->
         <Messages>
		<Message>
			<DeviceID>5901</DeviceID>
			<MessageID>201</MessageID>
		</Message>
		<Message>
			<DeviceID>5902</DeviceID>
			<MessageID>202</MessageID>
		</Message>
          </Messages>
      </processMessage>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

It seems only the first <Message> can be processed. Here's the response:

Code:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <soap:Body>
      <processMessageResponse xmlns="urn:gps-hex-communicator">
         <processMessageResult><![CDATA[<Message xmlns="urn:gps-hex-communicator">
			<DeviceID>5901</DeviceID>
			<MessageID>201</MessageID>
		</Message>]]></processMessageResult>
      </processMessageResponse>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Adding a dummy root in front of <Message> certainly can solve the problem. However the format of request is not allowed to be changed. Is there a simple way to read everything between the <Messages></Messages> tags?