Create an instance of an ASMX stub object from a real object

Question

I have an ASMX web service that exposes several objects. I have a real instance of that object, and I would like to instantiate a stub object that is populated from it. Clearly there is such functionality already, because when the web service returns a value it is creating the stub and populating it. I just need to do the same thing manually.

Ideas?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

You said

the web service returns a value it is creating the stub and populating it

This is not true. The web service uses the XML Serializer to serialize the object into a SOAP message, then sends it to the client. At the client side, the SOAP is deserialized back into an object, though this time, it's a proxy object.