Getting the response result as an array and not a object in web service

Question

There is a php application which will read the result from the web service i have created. The xml response they want is like

 <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
 <s:Header />
 <s:Body>
 <WorkResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
 <WorkResult>Name<WorkResult>
 <WorkResult>Occupation<WorkResult>
 </WorkResult>
 </WorkResponse>
 </s:Body>

But my method return like this `

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
 <s:Header />
 <s:Body>
 <WorkResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
 <WorkResult xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
 <a:string>Name</a:string>
 <a:string>Occupation</a:string>
 </WorkResult>
 </WorkResponse>
 </s:Body>`

And below is the method I have written in the web service

public string[] Work()
 {
 string[] request = new String[2];
 request[0] = "Name";
 request[1] = "Occupation";
 return request;
 }

How can I do to get the result they want. Please help me to come out of this issue

• Alejandro Montilla: Did you try my answer?
• vithushan: I am doing it in wcf service

Answer 1

If you need WorkResult node to contain both "Name" and "Occupation" and at the same level in the xml, you can achieve it returning a List in your WebMethod Work(). Here is an example:

public List<String> Work()
{
 public List<String> result = new List<String>();
 result.Add("Name");
 result.Add("Occupation");
 return result;
}

• Zabuzard: Can you add an explanation of your code and why it solves the issue? Code only answers are often not that helpful.
• Alejandro Montilla: Thank's @Zabuza for the suggestion.
• vithushan: I tried with it. But the result is same italic bold <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <s:Header /> <s:Body> <WorkResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/"> <WorkResult xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <a:string>Name</a:string> <a:string>Occupation</a:string> </WorkResult> </WorkResponse> </s:Body>
• vithushan: I am doing it in wcf service