Calling a .net component from biztalk orchestration: Passing an XML message vs XML string?

Question

Does sending a message and then parsing in the .net component more memory efficient than sending a message.innerXML?

Answer 1

So rather than try to retype this information, I believe that this link covers much of what your question is.

http://blogs.msdn.com/paolos/archive/2009/09/10/4-different-ways-to-process-an-xlangmessage-within-an-helper-component-invoked-by-an-orchestration.aspx

Answer 2

check http://www.masteringbiztalk.com/blogs/jon/PermaLink,guid,e39cd386-0e62-46c6-87b6-3625f9a80d6d.aspx that gives a nice walk thru of using an XLANGMessage inside of a .NET helper method. importantly this article also mentions using XmlReader instead of XmlDocument for performance issues. and even more importantly also highlights the needs to call Dispose() on the XLANGMessage before returning from your .NET helper method.

hope this helps