Test

HelloWithNestedClass

Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
Imports ServiceStack
Imports ServiceStack.DataAnnotations
Imports Test.ServiceModel

Namespace Global

    Namespace Test.ServiceModel

        Public Partial Class HelloResponse
            Public Overridable Property Result As String
        End Class

        Public Partial Class HelloWithNestedClass
            Public Overridable Property Name As String
            Public Overridable Property NestedClassProp As NestedClass

            Public Partial Class NestedClass
                Public Overridable Property Value As String
            End Class
        End Class
    End Namespace
End Namespace

VB.NET HelloWithNestedClass DTOs

To override the Content-type in your clients, use the HTTP Accept Header, append the .json suffix or ?format=json

To embed the response in a jsonp callback, append ?callback=myCallback

HTTP + JSON

The following are sample HTTP requests and responses. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /json/reply/HelloWithNestedClass HTTP/1.1 
Host: test.servicestack.net 
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: length

{"name":"String","nestedClassProp":{"value":"String"}}

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: length

{"result":"String"}