Test

HelloWithNestedClass

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 HelloResponse
    {
        public virtual string Result { get; set; }
    }

    public partial class HelloWithNestedClass
    {
        public virtual string Name { get; set; }
        public virtual NestedClass NestedClassProp { get; set; }
        public partial class NestedClass
        {
            public virtual string Value { get; set; }
        }

    }

}

C# 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>