Creating the ASP.NET Web Service

We will now create an ASP.NET Web service (.asmx) to encapsulate our Web methods. The first Web method, GetPosting(), will return a serialized LightweightPosting object and during serialization the properties and public fields will be serialized and nested in the XML. The second Web method, SavePosting(), will accept a LightweightPosting and call the Save() method to update MCMS.

To create the ASP.NET Web service, perform the following steps:

1. 1. In Visual Studio .NET, right-click on the McmsAuthoringWebService project and select Add | Add Web Service.

2. 2. Name this Web service Authoring.asmx and click OK.

3. 3. Click on the Click Here link to switch to code view.

4. 4. Add the following namespaces to the file:

   using System.Security.Principal;
   using Microsoft.ContentManagement.Publishing;

5. 5. Delete the following code as we will not be needing it:

   // WEB SERVICE EXAMPLE
   // The HelloWorld() example service returns the string Hello World
   // To build, uncomment the following...