Asmx file is not returning XML

Question

I am practising with ASMX web services, where I encounter this problem. I have a class file Employee.cs which consists of three fields Id, Name, Salary.

My Service Code :

[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Xml)]
public string GetEmlpoyees() {
   Employee emps = new Employee[]{
      new Employee ()
      {
         // data...
      }
   };
   return emps;
}

Here it returns an error red marking the instance emps that cannot implicitly convert type ProjectName.Employee[] to string

I think it might be a minor issue but as i am new to web service.....it's getting on my nerves......How to get rid of this issue....Thanks in advance

Answer 1

The signature of the public function GetEmlpoyees says you are going to return a string, but instead you are returning emps which is an array of Employee[]

The compiler is expecting you to return the type you declare in the functions signature, so both types should match.

You need to change the return type to Employee[] like this:

[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Xml)]
public Employee[] GetEmlpoyees() {
   Employee emps = new Employee[]{
      new Employee ()
      {
         // data...
      }
   };
   return emps;
}