Since I have released the XmlServiceExplorer and XmlServiceDigger, I have received several requests for another tool allowing for custom health checks against the XML service, e.g. see this comment. The XmlServiceReader is a command line tool sending arbitrary requests to the XML service and printing the reply to the same window. This output can be checked in a script to determine whether the reply is valid and the service fully operational.
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