How to avoid html codes in wcf xml response?

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i wrote one method for getting details.in rest client getting response like this.

<string xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/">&lt;Meetings&gt;&#xD;
&lt;Meeting&gt;&#xD;
&lt;Id&gt;1&lt;/Id&gt;&#xD;
&lt;Name&gt;Meeting1&lt;/Name&gt;&#xD;
&lt;Place&gt;SR Nagar&lt;/Place&gt;&#xD;
&lt;Time&gt;12/4/12 12:30pm&lt;/Time&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/Meeting&gt;&#xD;
&lt;Meeting&gt;&#xD;
&lt;Id&gt;2&lt;/Id&gt;&#xD;
&lt;Name&gt;Meeting2&lt;/Name&gt;&#xD;
&lt;Place&gt;Begumpet&lt;/Place&gt;&#xD;
&lt;Time&gt;12/4/12 1:00pm&lt;/Time&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/Meeting&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/Meetings&gt;&#xD;
</string>

in rendered html getting proper.

<Meetings> <Meeting> <Id>1</Id> <Name>Meeting1</Name> <Place>SR Nagar</Place> <Time>12/4/12 12:30pm</Time> </Meeting> <Meeting> <Id>2</Id> <Name>Meeting2</Name> <Place>Begumpet</Place> <Time>12/4/12 1:00pm</Time> </Meeting> </Meetings>

How to handle it in code in wcf to avoid <

Ladislav Mrnka · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-12 10:14:27Z

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Your service operation returns string and you are writing XML to that string. It will always look like that and browser shows it correctly only because it hides string tag and unescapes the content.

To return real XML you must not use string as return value. Try to use for example XElement.

answered Apr 12, 2012 at 10:14

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Allon Guralnek · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-12 10:20:39Z

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In your [OperationContract] method, instead of returning a string, return an array of Meeting objects. The Meeting class should contain the properties you'd like to return:

[DataContract]
public class Meeting
{
    [DataMember]
    public int Id { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public string Name { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public string Place { get; set; }
    // etc...
}

If you're using .NET 4.0 and up, the [DataContract] and [DataMember] attributes are not required.

answered Apr 12, 2012 at 10:20

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