Inheriting Existing .Net Class Serialization Error

Question

I am inheriting and modifying the System.Net.MailMessage class for use in a web service. I need to keep it named MailMessage for other reasons. When I use this in the code below, I get the error below.

"Types 'System.Net.Mail.MailMessage' and 'TestWebService.MailMessage' both use the XML type name, 'MailMessage', from namespace 'http://tempuri.org/'. Use XML attributes to specify a unique XML name and/or namespace for the type."

I belive I have to add XMLRoot and Type attributes, but I can't seem to figure out the right combination. What do I need to do to resolve this error?

namespace TestWebService
{

    [WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")]
    [WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
    [System.ComponentModel.ToolboxItem(false)]
    public class Service1 : System.Web.Services.WebService
    {

        [WebMethod]
        public string Test(MailMessage emailMessage) 
        {
            return "It Worked!";
        }
    }
}

namespace TestWebService 
{
    public class MailMessage : System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
    {

        public MailMessage() : base()
        {

        }
    }
}

Try just attributing your subclass with [XmlType(Namespace="test")]. — Joachim Isaksson
– Joachim Isaksson, Commented Jan 20, 2012 at 19:06
BTW, are you aware that ASMX web services are a legacy technology and should not be used for new development? — John Saunders
– John Saunders, Commented Jan 20, 2012 at 19:47

dbc · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-20 05:01:12Z

8

You have to add XmlTypeAttribute to change the name or namespace to make it unique for serialization

using System.Xml.Serialization

[XmlType(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/", TypeName = "SomethingOtherThanMailMessage")]
public class MailMessage : System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
{
}

However, System.Net.Mail.MailMessage itself is not serializable so your class that is derived from it won't be serializable.

edited Dec 20, 2016 at 5:01

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answered Jan 20, 2012 at 19:18

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2 Comments

SchwartzE Over a year ago

Does this mean this is not possible?

amit_g Over a year ago

You will have to serialize it yourself. keyvan.ms/how-to-serialize-a-mailmessage

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