Test

HelloWithNestedClass

Imports System
Imports System.IO
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 .xml suffix or ?format=xml

HTTP + XML

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

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

<HelloWithNestedClass xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
  <Name>String</Name>
  <NestedClassProp>
    <Value>String</Value>
  </NestedClassProp>
</HelloWithNestedClass>

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

<HelloResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
  <Result>String</Result>
</HelloResponse>