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Generated proxy class conflicts with custom class

An ASP.NET 2.0 web site contains a web form and a web service. The web form
consumes the web service. There is a Book class in the App_Code folder. The
web service exposes a method that returns a Book object. The consumer expects
to receive a Book object. However the Book generated proxy class conflicts
with the Book class in the App_Code folder. (See also the following code.) I
bet there is an easy way to solve this, but I have no idea...

Thanks,
Fabio

// App_code/ClassLibrary.cs
namespace ClassLibrary
{
public class Book { ... }
}
// WebService.asmx
namespace WebService
[WebService(Namespace = "...")]
public class BookWebService : WebService
{
[WebMethod()]
public ClassLibrary.Book GetBook() { ... }
}

// Consumer.aspx
public partial class Consumer : Page
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
WebReference.BookWebService ws =
new WebReference.BookWebService;

// The following statement does not compile
// Error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'WebReference.Book' to
'ClassLibrary.Book'
ClassLibrary.Book book = ws.GetBook();

Hi Pierre,

Thanks for your answer.

You did read my message carefully enough. I did not make myself clear
enough. The consumer has methods that require ClassLibrary.Book parameters.
Please, consider the following code (which I should have posted before).

// Consumer.aspx
public partial class Consumer : Page
{
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
WebReference.BookWebService ws =
new WebReference.BookWebService;

private void ReadBook(ClassLibrary.Book book) { ... }

// The following statement does not compile
// Error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'WebReference.Book' to
'ClassLibrary.Book'
ReadBook(ws.GetBook());
}
}

Furthermore, since WebReference.Book is generated based on the WSDL, the two
classes are not the exactly the same!

Regards,
Fabio

> // The following statement does not compile
> // Error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'WebReference.Book' to
> 'ClassLibrary.Book'
> ReadBook(ws.GetBook());
> }
> }

The proxy class has automatically generated the class WebReference.Book from
the WSDL (Schema section)
You that class. Forget about ClassLibrary.Book. Pierre is correct.. :-)
If you require to work with ClassLibrary.Book in ReadBook, overload it... or
you may want to do is as follows (useless thing, probably);
public ClassLibrary.Book
{
public ClassLibrary.Book ToCLBook(WebReference.Book original)
{
ClassLibrary.Book retVal = new ....
-copy-all-values-
return retVal;
}
}
--
Happy Hacking,
Gaurav Vaish
http://www.mastergaurav.org
http://www.edujini.in
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Hi Gaurav,

That was exactly my (temporary) solution, because I had no time to look for
a better one. If I find one, I will let you know. :)

--
Fabio Scagliola
http://fabioscagliola.com

"Gaurav Vaish (EduJini.IN)" wrote:

> > // The following statement does not compile
> > // Error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'WebReference.Book' to
> > 'ClassLibrary.Book'
> > ReadBook(ws.GetBook());
> > }
> > }
>
> The proxy class has automatically generated the class WebReference.Book from
> the WSDL (Schema section)
> You that class. Forget about ClassLibrary.Book. Pierre is correct.. :-)
> If you require to work with ClassLibrary.Book in ReadBook, overload it... or
> you may want to do is as follows (useless thing, probably);
> public ClassLibrary.Book
> {
> public ClassLibrary.Book ToCLBook(WebReference.Book original)
> {
> ClassLibrary.Book retVal = new ....
> -copy-all-values-
> return retVal;
> }
> }
> --
> Happy Hacking,
> Gaurav Vaish
> http://www.mastergaurav.org
> http://www.edujini.in
> -------------------

> That was exactly my (temporary) solution, because I had no time to look
> for
> a better one. If I find one, I will let you know. :)

Would be looking forward to eagerly...
However, I think using the proxy-generated classes should always suffice.
--
Happy Hacking,
Gaurav Vaish
http://www.mastergaurav.org
http://www.edujini.in
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