Web service method returns Response object instead of custom object

Question

I have the following code:

 [WebMethod]
 [SoapHeader("_webServiceAuth")]
 public User GetUser(string username)
 {
 try
 {
 this._validationMethods.Validate(_webServiceAuth);
 User user = new User(username);
 return user;
 }
 catch (Exception ex)
 {
 throw ex;
 }
 }

As you can see, one would expect to receive a User as a responce when I do:

myUser = this.Service.GetUser(username);

But what I get is a request for a "GetUserRequest" instance, and get returned a "GetUserResponse" instance. Any help in why my object is not being send by my webservice?

• John Saunders: You should remove that try/catch block. It does nothing except screw up your stack when an exception is thrown. it will look like the exception came from the "throw" statement.
• Felix Martinez: True that, it's exactly what's doing and I find myself lost every time that happens!. Thanks for the tip :)

Answer 1

You will find that the GetUserRequest object has a string property (username), and the GetUserResponse object contains your User object. These Request/Response objects are containers that exist in the SOAP messages.

I believe they are normally abstracted away but I may be mistaken.

• Felix Martinez: Thanks for the reply, but I don't see my User object inside the GetUserResponse. Update: Forget that last comment, found it xD