Take a look at WSCF - http://www.thinktecture.com/Resources/Software/WSContractFirst/default.html. I believe it's exactly what you are looking for. It will take your XSDs, convert them into classes, create the desired Request/Response, etc.
Cristian Sturek Principal SOA Architect http://www.xwebservices.com http://www.soahub.com -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Joyce Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:15 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: SPAM-LOW: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web services, DataSets and making use of XSDs... Hi all. I'm just getting in to some XSD programming and could do with some advice. This is quite a lengthy email for which I apologise in advance. I've been asked to create a webservice with some methods, one of which is to resturn some customer data. I am at the point where I would usually return my data like this: dstDataset.Tables(0).WriteXml(Response.OutputStream) Then the calling code would pick apart the response. However, I am now required to send a response something like this... which i believe is based on an XSD: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <CustomerFindResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="FindCustomer_response_OK.xsd"> <Return>true</Return> <CustomerList> <Customer> <Dealer></Dealer> <TitleCode>5</TitleCode> <Initials>A</Initials> <CustomerNo>0</CustomerNo> <Customertype>P</Customertype> <Foren>ANDREW JAMES</Foren> <Surn>PALMER</Surn> <Company></Company> <AddLine1></AddLine1> <AddLine2>HASLINGTON</AddLine2> <AddLine3></AddLine3> <AddPosttown>Crewe</AddPosttown> <PostCode></PostCode> <HouseNumber>35</HouseNumber> </Customer> <Customer> <Dealer></Dealer> <TitleCode>3</TitleCode> <Initials>A</Initials> <CustomerNo>0</CustomerNo> <Customertype>P</Customertype> <Foren>ANDREW JAMES</Foren> <Surn>PALMER</Surn> <Company></Company> <AddLine1></AddLine1> <AddLine2>HASLINGTON</AddLine2> <AddLine3></AddLine3> <AddPosttown>Crewe</AddPosttown> <PostCode></PostCode> <HouseNumber>35</HouseNumber> </Customer> </CustomerList> </CustomerFindResponse> And the accompanying XSD: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; elementFormDefault="qualified"> <xs:element name="CustomerFindResponse"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="Return"/> <xs:element ref="CustomerList"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="Return" type="xs:boolean"/> <xs:element name="CustomerList"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" ref="Customer"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="Customer"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="Dealer"/> <xs:element ref="TitleCode"/> <xs:element ref="Initials"/> <xs:element ref="CustomerNo"/> <xs:element ref="Customertype"/> <xs:element ref="Foren"/> <xs:element ref="Surn"/> <xs:element ref="Company"/> <xs:element ref="AddLine1"/> <xs:element ref="AddLine2"/> <xs:element ref="AddLine3"/> <xs:element ref="AddPosttown"/> <xs:element ref="PostCode"/> <xs:element ref="HouseNumber"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="Dealer" type="xs:integer"/> <xs:element name="TitleCode" type="xs:integer"/> <xs:element name="Initials" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="CustomerNo" type="xs:integer"/> <xs:element name="Customertype" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="Foren" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="Surn" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="Company" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="AddLine1" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="AddLine2" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="AddLine3" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="AddPosttown" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="PostCode" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="HouseNumber" type="xs:string"/> </xs:schema> My question is this: how do I use the XSD file in my code to create an XML document based on the schema? I believe once i have created such an entity i could manually walk the dataset and create new XML nodes. Is this the right way to do it? Am I even on the right track? My cheap and nasty alternative is to return the data like this: strXML = "<CustomerFindResponse xmlns:xsi=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance""; xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=""FindCustomer_response_OK.xsd"">" strXML += "<Return>true</Return>" dstDataset.Tables(0).TableName = "Customer" Dim strData As String = dstDataset.GetXml() strXML += strData strXML += "</CustomerFindResponse>" Return strXML But this involves a degree of hard-coding and whatsmore the returned XML is escaped (the < and > appear as < and > respectively) sigh - it's a bit of a nightmare! Any ideas or advice would really be appreciated. Cheers, Ben =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
