when WCF method returns XmlElement , the client sees XElement returned?

Question

i return an xmlElement from a WCf method. when i do a service reference in the client, the same method is returning XElement instead of XmlElement. i tried everything: updating the service reference, making a new service reference, but it doesn't help.

This is my client:

ServiceReference1.BasicServiceClient basicWCfClient = new ServiceReference1.BasicServiceClient();
        XmlElement xmlelement =  basicWCfClient.GetData(5); 
        basicWCfClient.Close();

i get an error : "Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Xml.Linq.XElement' to 'System.Xml.XmlElement'"

when the method in the server side:

 public XmlElement GetData(int value)
    {
        XmlDocument xmldoc = new XmlDocument();
        xmldoc.LoadXml("<msg><node1>Hello</node1><node2>World</node2><request_params><mynode>More</mynode></request_params></msg>");
        XmlElement xmlElement = xmldoc.DocumentElement;
        return xmlElement;
     }

and the interface:

    [ServiceContract]
public interface IBasicService
{

    [OperationContract]       
    [WebGet(UriTemplate = "GetData?value={value}")] // Add support for HTTP GET Requests
    XmlElement GetData(int value);}

what is going on ?

Answer 1

Go to Configure Service Reference and check Reuse types in referenced assemblies

Then check System.Xml if you want XmlElement or System.Xml.Linq if you want XElement

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