Returning XML document from Service call

[Cathal O' Riordan]

I’d like to return an XML document from my web service.  I’m aware of the various issues associated with serialisation and de-serialisation of complex types and initially followed the Beanserialiser approach.  However, I found that my XML document didn’t follow a predictable format and couldn’t be described as an object or set of objects.  Is it possible to just return a raw XML document from an Axis service and how is this done?   Regards, C.