Test

HelloWithGenericInheritance

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

namespace Test.ServiceModel
{
    public partial class HelloBase<T>
    {
        public HelloBase()
        {
            Items = new List<T>{};
            Counts = new List<int>{};
        }

        public virtual List<T> Items { get; set; }
        public virtual List<int> Counts { get; set; }
    }

    public partial class HelloWithGenericInheritance
        : HelloBase<Poco>
    {
        public virtual string Result { get; set; }
    }

}

namespace Test.ServiceModel.Types
{
    public partial class Poco
    {
        public virtual string Name { get; set; }
    }

}

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

<HelloWithGenericInheritance xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
  <Counts xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
    <d2p1:int>0</d2p1:int>
  </Counts>
  <Items xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel.Types">
    <d2p1:Poco>
      <d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
    </d2p1:Poco>
  </Items>
  <Result>String</Result>
</HelloWithGenericInheritance>