Mono wsdl utility fails to process eBay's WSDL file for their SOAP API

Question

I'm getting this error from Mono's wsdl utility while trying to process eBay's WSDL file -

( http://developer.ebay.com/webservices/latest/eBaySvc.wsdl )

$ wsdl eBaySvc.wsdl 
Web Services Description Language Utility
Mono Framework v2.0.50727.1433
Error: XmlSchema error: Ambiguous element label which is contained by -any- particle was detected: urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents:PreferenceLevel Related schema item SourceUri: file:///home/manger/projects/ebay/eBaySvc.orig.wsdl, Line 10296, Position 7.
Stack:
   at System.Xml.Schema.ValidationHandler.RaiseValidationEvent (System.Xml.Schema.ValidationEventHandler handle, System.Exception innerException, System.String message, System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaObject xsobj, System.Object sender, System.String sourceUri, XmlSeverityType severity) [0x00000] 
  at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaObject.error (System.Xml.Schema.ValidationEventHandler handle, System.String message, System.Exception innerException, System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaObject xsobj, System.Object sender) [0x00000] 
  at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaObject.error (System.Xml.Schema.ValidationEventHandler handle, System.String message) [0x00000]

Searching Google for solutions reveals a suggestion of changing elements that start with <xs:any ... to <xs:any namespace="##other" ... - this certainly makes Mono's wsdl utility able to process the file, to make a .cs file out of it. But then I get a runtime exception from my C# program when I try to instantiate the webservice helper class ( eBayAPIInterfaceService service = new eBayAPIInterfaceService(); ) :

Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting type 'AddDisputeRequestType'. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting field 'DetailLevel'. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting type 'DetailLevelCodeType'. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting type 'System.Object'. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting type 'AbstractResponseType'. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting field 'Errors'. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting type 'ErrorType'. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting field 'ErrorParameters'. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting type 'ErrorParameterType'. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting field 'Any'. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: The element Any has been attributed with an XmlAnyElementAttribute and a namespace '', but no name. When a namespace is supplied, a name is also required. Supply a name or remove the namespace.                                           
  at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionImporter.ImportAnyElementInfo (System.String defaultNamespace, System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionMember rmember, System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeMapMemberElement member, System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributes atts) [0x00000]                                                                                            
  at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionImporter.CreateMapMember (System.Type declaringType, System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionMember rmember, System.String defaultNamespace) [0x00000]                                                   
  at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionImporter.ImportClassMapping (System.Xml.Serialization.TypeData typeData, System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute root, System.String defaultNamespace) [0x00000]                                     
  --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

Is Mono's wsdl tool at fault here, or eBay's WSDL/schema? - several forum posts I've seen say that the WSDL doesn't match the schema, so Mono is doing the right thing, but how do I fix it so I can instantiate the webservice helper class from C#?

Versions of my tools :

$ wsdl Web Services Description Language Utility Mono Framework v2.0.50727.1433

$ gmcs --version Mono C# compiler version 2.4.2.3

Generated code for ErrorParameterType :

[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Xml", "2.0.50727.1433")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(Namespace="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents")]
public partial class ErrorParameterType {

    private System.Xml.XmlElement[] anyField165;

    ... more class members follow ...

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAnyElement(Namespace="")]
    public System.Xml.XmlElement[] Any {
        get {
            return this.anyField165;
        }
        set {
            this.anyField165 = value;
        }
    }
}

The eBayAPIInterfaceService.cs file which wsdl generates after my 'fix' is here

Answer 1

I don't know if this solves your problem, but the xs:any wildcard in your question is missing two '#':

<xs:any namespace="##other" ...
                   ↑

---

The generated C# code contains lots of definitions like this:

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAnyElement(Namespace="")]
public System.Xml.XmlElement[] Any {
    get {
        return this.anyFieldXXX;
    }
    set {
        this.anyFieldXXX = value;
    }
}

From MSDN:

Apply the XmlAnyElementAttribute to a field that returns an array of XmlElement or XmlNode objects. Such a field can be used in two ways, depending on whether an object is being serialized or deserialized. When serialized, the object is generated as XML elements or nodes, even though they have no corresponding member (or members) in the object being serialized. If you specify a Name property value when applying the attribute, all XmlElement or XmlNode objects inserted into the array must have the same element name and default namespace, or an exception is thrown. If you set the Namespace property value, you must set the Name property as well, and the XmlElement or XmlNode objects must also have the same name and namespace values. If no Name value is specified, the XmlElement or XmlNode objects can have any element name.

So I'd guess the solution is to simply remove the Namespace property values:

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAnyElement]