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Smily
Smily

Reputation: 2674

Getting Error System.InvalidOperationException When Invoke WebService Method

I had Create One WebService..and Create Get Method inside WebService..

My code is

public class WebService : System.Web.Services.WebService {

    DataClassesDataContext db = new DataClassesDataContext();

    public WebService () 
    {
        //Console.log("Enter");
        //Uncomment the following line if using designed components 
        //InitializeComponent(); 
    }

    [WebMethod]
    public string HelloWorld() {
        return "Hello World";
    }

    [WebMethod]
    [ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json, UseHttpGet = true)]
    public object Get()
    {        
        return db.Countries.ToList();
    }
}

But When I am Test Web-service at that I am getting following Error..

System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error generating the XML document. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: The type System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[Country, App_Code.hlnie2jd, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]] may not be used in this context. at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializationWriter.WriteTypedPrimitive(String name, String ns, Object o, Boolean xsiType) at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationWriter1.Write1_Object(String n, String ns, Object o, Boolean isNullable, Boolean needType) at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationWriter1.Write3_anyType(Object o) at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.ObjectSerializer.Serialize(Object objectToSerialize, XmlSerializationWriter writer) at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Serialize(XmlWriter xmlWriter, Object o, XmlSerializerNamespaces namespaces, String encodingStyle, String id) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Serialize(XmlWriter xmlWriter, Object o, XmlSerializerNamespaces namespaces, String encodingStyle, String id) at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Serialize(TextWriter textWriter, Object o, XmlSerializerNamespaces namespaces) at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Serialize(TextWriter textWriter, Object o) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.XmlReturnWriter.Write(HttpResponse response, Stream outputStream, Object returnValue) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpServerProtocol.WriteReturns(Object[] returnValues, Stream outputStream) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebServiceHandler.WriteReturns(Object[] returnValues) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebServiceHandler.Invoke()

any one having solution please help me

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4117

Answers (2)

Aides
Aides

Reputation: 467

You cannot return neither list, nor object types from the service.

But you can return arrays:

    [WebMethod]
    public Country[] Get()
    {
        // get you data
        return data.ToArray();
    }

Upvotes: 0

granaker
granaker

Reputation: 1328

It's probably because your method signature has object as return type.

Have a look at this question: ...may not be used in this context...while serialization

Upvotes: 1

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