Web API Serialize XML

Question

I am trying to serialize XML using the web API, but I receive a null result.

Here is my XML:

http://pastebin.com/RxBPaZF5

Using XSD, I generated a class in Visual Studio:

http://pastebin.com/kUca0whm

Here is the code I am using:

public COM_Order GetOrderById(string orderId)
    {
        HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler();
        handler.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(m_UserName, m_Password);

        HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler)
        {
        };


        string url =  m_BaseUrl + String.Format("/rest/ecommerce.order/{0}", orderId);
        HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync(url).Result;
        if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            data result = response.Content.ReadAsAsync<data>().Result;
            //result is null, even though valid JSON is returned
            return result.Items.FirstOrDefault();
        }

        return null;


    }

Is there a problem with my class? I can also return JSON.

Answer 1

It says response.Content. ReadAsAsync ().Result;

Are your sure result is populated before you return it? In the debugger you have one behaviour, outside another.

Try turning ReadAsAsync off to see if it is the culprit.