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web service request call SOAP request missing empty parameters

I’m trying to call a webservice hosted by a third party. The XSD they’ve provided me with defines an element:

<xsd:element name="ElementName" type="String"/>

They have given me instructions that this element must not be populated but it must be included as an empty tag in the XML request

<ElementName />

I used wscf to generate an object from the schema and ElementName came out like this:

/// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(ElementName="ElementName")]
    public string ElementName;

My problem is that when I generate XML request the tag is excluded in the generated XML rather than being an empty tag.

Is there perhaps some attribute I can add to the element to ensure that it gets sent through empty? How can I ensure it’s included?

Thanks

Answer 1

Try to assign the ElementName an empty string:

ElementName = string.Empty;