c# - .NET autogenerated web-service client: How do I avoid requesting schemas from w3.org?

Question

I have a .NET web-service client that has been autogenerated from a wsdl-file using the wsdl.exe tool.

When I first instantiate the generated class, it begins to request a bunch of documents from w3.org and others. The first one being http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.dtd

Besides not wanting to cause unnecessary traffic to w3.org, I need to be able to run the application without a connection to the Internet (the web-service is a "Intra-web-service").

Anyone know the solution?

If it helps, here is the stacktrace I get when I do not have Internet:

"An error has occurred while opening external DTD 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.dtd': The remote name could not be resolved: 'www.w3.org'"

   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
   at System.Xml.XmlDownloadManager.GetNonFileStream(Uri uri, ICredentials credentials)
   at System.Xml.XmlDownloadManager.GetStream(Uri uri, ICredentials credentials)
   at System.Xml.XmlUrlResolver.GetEntity(Uri absoluteUri, String role, Type ofObjectToReturn)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.OpenStream(Uri uri)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.DtdParserProxy_PushExternalSubset(String systemId, String publicId)

   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.DtdParserProxy_PushExternalSubset(String systemId, String publicId)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.DtdParserProxy.System.Xml.IDtdParserAdapter.PushExternalSubset(String systemId, String publicId)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseExternalSubset()
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseInDocumentDtd(Boolean saveInternalSubset)
   at System.Xml.DtdParser.Parse(Boolean saveInternalSubset)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.DtdParserProxy.Parse(Boolean saveInternalSubset)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDoctypeDecl()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
   at System.Xml.Schema.Parser.StartParsing(XmlReader reader, String targetNamespace)
   at System.Xml.Schema.Parser.Parse(XmlReader reader, String targetNamespace)
   at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaSet.ParseSchema(String targetNamespace, XmlReader reader)
   at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaSet.Add(String targetNamespace, XmlReader schemaDocument)
   at [...]WebServiceClientType..cctor() in [...]

Answer 1

if you have access to the XmlReader (or XmlTextReader) you can do the following:

XmlReader r = ...
r.XmlResolver = null; // prevent xsd or dtd parsing

Regards, tamberg