Returning a List Of class in a web service. (VB.NET)

[cmhampton]

I need to return a class which inherits List(Of ) in a webservice. The consuming application simply views it as an array of the class, not a list. In fact, the Collection class is not even available to derive an object from.

Class Definition:

Public Class TestResultCollection
  Inherits List(Of TestResult)
End Class

Consuming App:

Dim TestResults As Gateway.TestResultCollection

TestResults = Gateway.GetTestResultsByRequestIDs(secCode, RequestIDs, sError)

Line 1 above will throw an error: Type Gateway.TestResultCollection is not defined.

I realize that I could just use the array instead, but it's not as easy to work with.

Thanks