Can a web service return our own predefined xml format

[a1jit]

Hi Guys,

 

I have been finding for this answer for quite some time but fail.

My question is that can we control that xml output from a web service?

 

Let me explain

 

I have a small method like this in my web service

 

      public decimal AddNumbers(decimal lnNumber1, decimal lnNumber2)   {

           return lnNumber1 + lnNumber2; 

     }

 

After data is keyed in, i automatically get this format.

 

<?xml version="1.0" ?> 

<decimal xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">32.12</decimal> 

 

So here, can i change the xml format in a web service?

 

Maybe i want this format

 

<?xml version="1.0" ?> 

<number1> 2 </number1>
<number2> 3 </number2>
<results> 5 </results>

 

This is just a sample, i want to do something like this, but it seems web service doesnt allow me to do this.

 

I hope someone can provide me with some useful links,suggesstions or codes on how to do this..

 

thank you very very much for any help

[PlausiblyDamp]

The easiest way would be to define a class that exposes the 3 fields you want returned and return a valid instance of this from the WebMethod.