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HttpMethodAttribute::ReturnFormatter Property

Gets or sets a Type that deserializes the response from an XML Web service method.

Namespace:  System.Web.Services.Protocols
Assembly:  System.Web.Services (in System.Web.Services.dll)

public:
property Type^ ReturnFormatter {
	Type^ get ();
	void set (Type^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Type
A Type that deserializes the response from an XML Web service method. There is no default.

If the XML Web service client is invoking an XML Web service method using HTTP-GET, ReturnFormatter must be UrlParameterWriter, whereas a client using HTTP-POST must set ReturnFormatter to HtmlFormParameterWriter.

The example is a proxy class generated by the Wsdl.exe utility for an XML Web service client using HTTP-GET, setting ReturnFormatter to the required value of UrlParameterWriter.


[System::Xml::Serialization::XmlRootAttribute(Namespace="http://tempuri.org/",IsNullable=true)]
public ref class UserName
{
public:
   String^ Name;
   String^ Domain;
};

public ref class MyUser: public System::Web::Services::Protocols::HttpGetClientProtocol
{
public:
   MyUser()
   {
      this->Url = "http://www.contoso.com/username.asmx";
   }

   [System::Web::Services::Protocols::HttpMethodAttribute(System::Web::Services::Protocols::XmlReturnReader::typeid,System::Web::Services::Protocols::UrlParameterWriter::typeid)]
   UserName^ GetUserName()
   {
      return (dynamic_cast<UserName^>(this->Invoke( "GetUserName", (String::Concat( this->Url, "/GetUserName" )), gcnew array<Object^>(0) )));
   }

   System::IAsyncResult^ BeginGetUserName( System::AsyncCallback^ callback, Object^ asyncState )
   {
      return this->BeginInvoke( "GetUserName", (String::Concat( this->Url, "/GetUserName" )), gcnew array<Object^>(0), callback, asyncState );
   }

   UserName^ EndGetUserName( System::IAsyncResult^ asyncResult )
   {
      return (dynamic_cast<UserName^>(this->EndInvoke( asyncResult )));
   }
};


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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