Making enum visible to client ??

[cmrchs]

Hi,

how can I make an enum type visible to a WebService-client ?
Here's what I mean :

declaring a class in the WebService :
public class MyClass
{...}

makes it available for the client, but ....

declaring an enum in the WebService :
public enum MyEnum
{...}

does not make it available for the client.

How can make MyEnum available anyway ?

Thanks

Chris



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[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

If you return an enum type from a webservice, the enum type appears in the
client-side generated proxy.

Eg, if this is my asmx:
<%@ WebService Language="C#" Class="TrialService" %>

public enum MyEnum {
Blue,
Green,
Yellow,
Red
}

[System.Web.Services.WebService(Namespace="http://dinoch.dyndns.org/webservi
ces/")]
public class TrialService {
static System.Random rnd= new System.Random();
[System.Web.Services.WebMethod(Description="Method that returns an enum")]
public MyEnum Method2(int input) {
System.Array a= System.Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyEnum));
MyEnum result= (MyEnum) System.Enum.Parse(typeof(MyEnum),
rnd.Next(a.Length).ToString());
return result;
}
}


Then if I run wsdl.exe on that asmx, I get
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(Namespace="http://dinoch.dyndns.o
rg/webservices/")]
public enum MyEnum {

/// <remarks/>
Blue,

/// <remarks/>
Green,

/// <remarks/>
Yellow,

/// <remarks/>
Red,
}

in the client-side proxy.

-Dino

Hi,

how can I make an enum type visible to a WebService-client ?
Here's what I mean :

declaring a class in the WebService :
public class MyClass
{...}

makes it available for the client, but ....

declaring an enum in the WebService :
public enum MyEnum
{...}

does not make it available for the client.

How can make MyEnum available anyway ?

Thanks

Chris



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