Couldn't you just do something like this:
<cfreturn StructToXML(myStruct)>
Mik
At 02:06 PM 3/2/2007, you wrote:
>I know, I know, this is a bad idea, but it *seems* possible, so I want to find
>out just how ugly the process is.
>
>I'm writing some web services for which I'd very much like to return CF
>structures, since that's the most logical way for me to structure the data.
>Of course, I can consume these web services with Cold Fusion, but our partners
>are using .NET. I understand that CF structures are not converted to any web
>service format that can easily be consumed by .NET (or probably PHP, etc).
>
>I read on Adobe's livedocs that you can create a cfcomponent that mirrors the
>format of a CF structure, somehow return *that*, and then .NET will be able to
>interpret the structure correctly. However, the LiveDocs examples were thin
>at best.
>
>So, here's what I'm hoping to find:
>
>1. Somebody who's had previous experience with this, and can tell me if this
>is even worth trying.
>
>2. Some sample CF code that shows me how to structure my webservices.
>
>Ideally, I want the coding process to be as simple as possible for the
>callers, so if the solution requires a ton of hoop-jumping in .NET, then I'll
>do something else.
>
>My fallback is to just serialize the data into something like a querystring.
>That should suit my needs for now, but if I ever need to return more complex
>data than just string data, it would be nice to have this problem solved.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Ben Mueller
>
>
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