RESTFUL WCF Remove all xmlns

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RESTFUL WCF Remove all xmlns

I set my DataContracts namespace to "" which removed one namespace but I have to remove the other:

xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

If theres no other way, how can I serialize my class prior to returning and hack out the namespace?

I have to do this to work with another companys API.

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Your only real option, other than throwing away WCF is to change you service contract to return a stream and do the XML serialization yourself. You could still use the data contract serializer, convert to a string strip out all the namespaces and then convert back to a stream to return, but that sounds nasty.

If you need to accept XML without namespaces in POST bodies then you are in for a whole lot more pain. In that case I would dump WCF really quick.

Darrel Miller 2009-12-11 20:23:08

I've already tested sending xml to my WCF without a namespace and it appears to have worked. I'll look into changing the service contract, thanks.

Chris Klepeis 2009-12-11 20:29:00

Just out of curiosity, what data type is the parameter that accepts the posted body?

Darrel Miller 2009-12-11 20:50:56

When I tested I just posted a string in xml format without the namespace, the receiving function parameter object is a custom class which the xml gets serialized into... my data contract

Chris Klepeis 2009-12-12 22:04:40

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