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/DeclarativeCollectiveValidationTest HTTP/1.1
Host: test.servicestack.net
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<DeclarativeCollectiveValidationTest xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
<DeclarativeValidations>
<DeclarativeChildValidation>
<Name>String</Name>
<Value>String</Value>
</DeclarativeChildValidation>
</DeclarativeValidations>
<FluentValidations>
<FluentChildValidation>
<Name>String</Name>
<Value>String</Value>
</FluentChildValidation>
</FluentValidations>
<Site>String</Site>
</DeclarativeCollectiveValidationTest>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<EmptyResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">
<ResponseStatus>
<ErrorCode>String</ErrorCode>
<Message>String</Message>
<StackTrace>String</StackTrace>
<Errors>
<ResponseError>
<ErrorCode>String</ErrorCode>
<FieldName>String</FieldName>
<Message>String</Message>
<Meta xmlns:d5p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d5p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
<d5p1:Key>String</d5p1:Key>
<d5p1:Value>String</d5p1:Value>
</d5p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
</Meta>
</ResponseError>
</Errors>
<Meta xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
<d3p1:Key>String</d3p1:Key>
<d3p1:Value>String</d3p1:Value>
</d3p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
</Meta>
</ResponseStatus>
</EmptyResponse>