Question

I have a webmethod which return an object ASResponse :

    [WebMethod]
    public ASResponse test()
    {
         return new ASResponse ();
     }

Question :

Is it possible to customize the SOAP response by force the compiler do not serialize some ASResponse class fields ( if some condition are true) and allow them if some condition are false.

Samples :

<soap:Body>

<WrongCaseResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org">

<WrongCaseResult>

<Length>5</Length>

<ID>125487</ID>

<Error>183</Error>

</WrongCaseResult>

</WrongCaseResponse>

</soap:Body>

==========================================================================

   <soap:Body>
    <SuccessCaseResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org">
  <SuccessCaseResult>
        <Length>5</Length>
        <ID>125487</ID>
        <CallHome>5000</CallHome>
  </SuccessCaseResult>
</SuccessCaseResponse >
 </soap:Body>

Answer 1

If I read the question correctly you want to hide properties if ‘some condition’ is true or false. The already mentioned XmlIgnoreAttribute will always exclude a property from serialization. If you are looking for a way to determine at runtime if you want to include or exclude a property have a look at the ShouldSerialize method here

Small example:

[XmlElement("visibility")]
public bool? Visibility { get; set; }
public bool ShouldSerializeVisibility() { return Visibility.HasValue; }