Return XML string in WCF

Question

I need to send the result of this XML by a WCF method.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Siape>
<matricula>8707350</matricula>
<matricula_inst />
<nome>SOLANGE ALMEIDA MORAES</nome>
<data_nascimento>06/01/1961</data_nascimento>
<cargo>035</cargo>
<tipo>Servidor</tipo>
<num_orgao>36207</num_orgao>
<nome_orgao>AGENCIA NACIONAL DE VIGILANCIA SANITARIA</nome_orgao>
<margem>0,19</margem>
<margem_cartao>454,20</margem_cartao>
<saldo_devedor>44,00</saldo_devedor>
<emprestimos>
<num_rubrica>34116</num_rubrica>
<nome_rubrica>BB</nome_rubrica>
<valor_emprestimo>0,00</valor_emprestimo>
<valor_parcela>1.112,87</valor_parcela>
<qtd_parcelas>96</qtd_parcelas>
<qtd_parcelas_aberto>80</qtd_parcelas_aberto>
<contrato>845575496</contrato>
<banco>BB</banco>
</emprestimos>
<emprestimos>
<num_rubrica>34123</num_rubrica>
<nome_rubrica>BANCO ITAU CONSIGNADO</nome_rubrica>
<valor_emprestimo>0,00</valor_emprestimo>
<valor_parcela>313,32</valor_parcela>
<qtd_parcelas>96</qtd_parcelas>
<qtd_parcelas_aberto>79</qtd_parcelas_aberto>
<contrato>542771688</contrato>
<banco>ITAU</banco>
</emprestimos>
<emprestimos>
<num_rubrica>34123</num_rubrica>
<nome_rubrica>BANCO ITAU CONSIGNADO</nome_rubrica>
<valor_emprestimo>0,00</valor_emprestimo>
<valor_parcela>300,97</valor_parcela>
<qtd_parcelas>96</qtd_parcelas>
<qtd_parcelas_aberto>79</qtd_parcelas_aberto>
<contrato>548271401</contrato>
<banco>ITAU</banco>
</emprestimos>
<emprestimos>
<num_rubrica>34123</num_rubrica>
<nome_rubrica>BANCO ITAU CONSIGNADO</nome_rubrica>
<valor_emprestimo>0,00</valor_emprestimo>
<valor_parcela>992,31</valor_parcela>
<qtd_parcelas>96</qtd_parcelas>
<qtd_parcelas_aberto>79</qtd_parcelas_aberto>
<contrato>548671154</contrato>
<banco>ITAU</banco>
</emprestimos>
</Siape>

I tried to send XML as a string

public string ConsultaSiapeEmprestimo(string usuario, string senha, string cpf, string matricula, string tipo)

But when sending the data, WCF returns this way:

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <s:Header />
  <s:Body>
    <ConsultaSiapeEmprestimoResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
      <ConsultaSiapeEmprestimoResult>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;&lt;Siape&gt;
&lt;matricula&gt;8707350&lt;/matricula&gt;
&lt;matricula_inst /&gt;
&lt;nome&gt;SOLANGE ALMEIDA MORAES&lt;/nome&gt;
&lt;data_nascimento&gt;06/01/1961&lt;/data_nascimento&gt;
&lt;cargo&gt;035&lt;/cargo&gt;
&lt;tipo&gt;Servidor&lt;/tipo&gt;
&lt;num_orgao&gt;36207&lt;/num_orgao&gt;
&lt;nome_orgao&gt;AGENCIA NACIONAL DE VIGILANCIA SANITARIA&lt;/nome_orgao&gt;
&lt;margem&gt;0,19&lt;/margem&gt;
&lt;margem_cartao&gt;454,20&lt;/margem_cartao&gt;
&lt;saldo_devedor&gt;44,00&lt;/saldo_devedor&gt;
&lt;emprestimos&gt;
&lt;num_rubrica&gt;34116&lt;/num_rubrica&gt;
&lt;nome_rubrica&gt;BB&lt;/nome_rubrica&gt;
&lt;valor_emprestimo&gt;0,00&lt;/valor_emprestimo&gt;
&lt;valor_parcela&gt;1.112,87&lt;/valor_parcela&gt;
&lt;qtd_parcelas&gt;96&lt;/qtd_parcelas&gt;
&lt;qtd_parcelas_aberto&gt;80&lt;/qtd_parcelas_aberto&gt;
&lt;contrato&gt;845575496&lt;/contrato&gt;
&lt;banco&gt;BB&lt;/banco&gt;
&lt;/emprestimos&gt;
&lt;emprestimos&gt;
&lt;num_rubrica&gt;34123&lt;/num_rubrica&gt;
&lt;nome_rubrica&gt;BANCO ITAU CONSIGNADO&lt;/nome_rubrica&gt;
&lt;valor_emprestimo&gt;0,00&lt;/valor_emprestimo&gt;
&lt;valor_parcela&gt;313,32&lt;/valor_parcela&gt;
&lt;qtd_parcelas&gt;96&lt;/qtd_parcelas&gt;
&lt;qtd_parcelas_aberto&gt;79&lt;/qtd_parcelas_aberto&gt;
&lt;contrato&gt;542771688&lt;/contrato&gt;
&lt;banco&gt;ITAU&lt;/banco&gt;
&lt;/emprestimos&gt;
&lt;emprestimos&gt;
&lt;num_rubrica&gt;34123&lt;/num_rubrica&gt;
&lt;nome_rubrica&gt;BANCO ITAU CONSIGNADO&lt;/nome_rubrica&gt;
&lt;valor_emprestimo&gt;0,00&lt;/valor_emprestimo&gt;
&lt;valor_parcela&gt;300,97&lt;/valor_parcela&gt;
&lt;qtd_parcelas&gt;96&lt;/qtd_parcelas&gt;
&lt;qtd_parcelas_aberto&gt;79&lt;/qtd_parcelas_aberto&gt;
&lt;contrato&gt;548271401&lt;/contrato&gt;
&lt;banco&gt;ITAU&lt;/banco&gt;
&lt;/emprestimos&gt;
&lt;emprestimos&gt;
&lt;num_rubrica&gt;34123&lt;/num_rubrica&gt;
&lt;nome_rubrica&gt;BANCO ITAU CONSIGNADO&lt;/nome_rubrica&gt;
&lt;valor_emprestimo&gt;0,00&lt;/valor_emprestimo&gt;
&lt;valor_parcela&gt;992,31&lt;/valor_parcela&gt;
&lt;qtd_parcelas&gt;96&lt;/qtd_parcelas&gt;
&lt;qtd_parcelas_aberto&gt;79&lt;/qtd_parcelas_aberto&gt;
&lt;contrato&gt;548671154&lt;/contrato&gt;
&lt;banco&gt;ITAU&lt;/banco&gt;
&lt;/emprestimos&gt;
&lt;/Siape&gt;</ConsultaSiapeEmprestimoResult>
    </ConsultaSiapeEmprestimoResponse>
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

How can I return it in the right way?

Answer 1

The best would be to let WCF serialize your XML. To do this you must generate a class with the structure next to the XML result you want to return, for example:

public class Siape
{
    public int matricula { get; set; }
    public string matricula_inst { get; set; }  
    // e todas as outras propriedades  
}

And your service must return this class.

public Siape ConsultaSiapeEmprestimo(string usuario, string senha, string cpf, string matricula, string tipo)

Answer 2

This is normal to happen. In order to avoid conflicts of the content to be transferred with the SOAP package that is created, the framework automatically (and very well) escapes the characters that can create conflicts.

Although the message appears like this, on the client side when receiving the information should appear everything normally.