Test

HelloArray

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using ServiceStack;
using ServiceStack.DataAnnotations;
using Test.ServiceModel;

namespace Test.ServiceModel
{
    public partial class HelloArray
    {
        public HelloArray()
        {
            Names = new List<string>{};
        }

        public virtual List<string> Names { get; set; }
    }

}

C# HelloArray 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/HelloArray HTTP/1.1 
Host: test.servicestack.net 
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length

<HelloArray xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
  <Names xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
    <d2p1:string>String</d2p1:string>
  </Names>
</HelloArray>

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

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