How to generate xmlns in response xml of WCF Restful Service

Question

Hi,

I have a WCF Restful Service which generates the response xml

<ServiceContract(Namespace:="http://test.com/ns")> _
<XmlSerializerFormat()> _
Public Interface IItemTrackerService
    <OperationContract()> _
    <WebInvoke(Method:="POST", RequestFormat:=WebMessageFormat.Xml, ResponseFormat:=WebMessageFormat.Xml, BodyStyle:=WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare, UriTemplate:="GetItemTrackingDetails")> _
    Function GetItemTrackingDetails(ByVal request As ItemTrackingDetailsRequest) As ItemTrackingDetailsResponse
End Interface

The related class is as follows

<ServiceBehavior(Namespace:="http://test.com/ns")> _
<DataContract(Namespace:="http://test.com/ns")> _
Public Class ItemTrackingDetailsResponse
    Private itemsTrackingDetailsField() As ItemTrackingDetail
    Private statusField As StatusRes
    Public Sub New()
    End Sub
    Public Sub New(ByVal itemsTrackingDetails() As ItemTrackingDetail, ByVal status As StatusRes)
        itemsTrackingDetailsField = itemsTrackingDetails
        statusField = status
    End Sub
    <DataMember(Order:=0)> _
    Public Property ItemsTrackingDetailList() As ItemTrackingDetail()
        Get
            Return Me.itemsTrackingDetailsField
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As ItemTrackingDetail())
            Me.itemsTrackingDetailsField = value
        End Set
    End Property
    <DataMember(Order:=1)> _
    Public Property Status() As StatusRes
        Get
            Return Me.statusField
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As StatusRes)
            Me.statusField = value
        End Set
    End Property
End Class

I would like to have xmlns="http://test.com/ns" to be inserted into the header of the response xml. With the above code it is not generating. What are the changes that needs to be done to Service and DataContract to generate xmlns in the response xml?

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Regards, CPK_2011

Answer 1

WCF Restful service does not based on SOAP messge, you could try to create a WCF service based on SOAP message instead of REST service, and do again to check whether it is ok, or use MessageHeader attribute and set its namespace.

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