Test

HelloWithInheritance

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

Namespace Global

    Namespace Test.ServiceModel

        Public Partial Class HelloWithInheritance
            Inherits HelloBase
            Public Overridable Property Name As String
        End Class

        Public Partial Class HelloWithInheritanceResponse
            Inherits HelloResponseBase
            Public Overridable Property Result As String
        End Class
    End Namespace

    Namespace Test.ServiceModel.Types

        Public Partial Class HelloBase
            Public Overridable Property Id As Integer
        End Class

        Public Partial Class HelloResponseBase
            Public Overridable Property RefId As Integer
        End Class
    End Namespace
End Namespace

VB.NET HelloWithInheritance 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/HelloWithInheritance HTTP/1.1 
Host: test.servicestack.net 
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length

<HelloWithInheritance xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
  <Id xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel.Types">0</Id>
  <Name>String</Name>
</HelloWithInheritance>

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

<HelloWithInheritanceResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
  <RefId xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel.Types">0</RefId>
  <Result>String</Result>
</HelloWithInheritanceResponse>