XML and Webserivces

Hi All,

I have created a webservice that returns XML data to be processed by the client.

The returned XML contains a complex type that I created, as well as having a number of nested objects on which I have used the XMLARRAY / XMLARRAYITEM.

Fragment of test XML shown below...

<?xmlversion="1.0"encoding="utf-8"?>

<Testxmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"xmlns="http://tempuri.org">

<test1>201</test1>

<test2>Blah Blah</test2>

<test3>3</test3>

<test4>51</test4>

<TestTest>

<Inner>

<inner1>300</inner1>

<inner2>TEXT</inner2>

<inner3>TEXT</inner3>

<inner4>TEXT</inner4>

<inner5>TEXT</inner5>

<inner6>TEXT</inner6>

<inner7>TEXT</inner7>

<inner8>TEXT</inner8>

<inner9>TEXT</inner9>

<inner10>TEXT</inner10>

</Inner>

<Inner>

<inner1>301</inner1>

<inner2>TEXT</inner2>

<inner3>TEXT</inner3>

<inner4>TEXT</inner4>

<inner5>TEXT</inner5>

<inner6>TEXT</inner6>

<inner7>TEXT</inner7>

<inner8>TEXT</inner8>

<inner9>TEXT</inner9>

<inner10>TEXT</inner10>

</Inner> </TestTest>

</Test>

Now when I use the test harness the XML is generated exactly as I require.

Also I can reference the returned data on the client, for example by using arg.test1 would return '201'.

My probelms/question are these...

1> How do I access the inner array items. For example how would I access elements under TestTest?

2> How do I convert the returned data from the webservice into valid xml on the client? Every time I try and do this I get the error 'XML document must have a top level element'.

I cant understand why it says it is not valid as every other application I have has no problem with the XML that is generated,

Can anyone point me in the right direction as I cant see where the problem is.

Thanks in advance

Problem sorted

Once I found out about the service using JSON by default it was very straightforward.

I looked at the JSON formatted data that was sent with the response. From there it was obvious how to call the array items.

For example arg.Level1[1].Level2Value

Didn't know much about JSON before this but it is a great format (compared to XML) to use when you want to handle stuff on the client in javascript. Even handles custom objects with ease.

Hope this helps somebody