Using ApplicationUser (Microsoft.AspNet.Identity) - convert to generic object

Hello Experts,

I have this function , it is returning ApplicationUser  (Microsoft.AspNet.Identity)


 public ApplicationUser GetUser(string userName)
        {          
            var user = userManager.FindByName(userName);
            if (user != null)
            {
                return user;
            }
            else
            { throw new ArgumentException("User not found."); }          
           
        }


 i have a asmx web service that calls above function:

[WebMethod]
        [SoapHeader("SoapCredentials", Direction = SoapHeaderDirection.InOut)]
        public ApplicationUser GetUser(string userName)
        {
            ValidateUser();
            var result = Repository.GetUser(userName);
            repository.Dispose();
            return result;
        }


i dont want asmx web service to return ApplicationUser, i want webmethod to return a geenric object...

any idea how to convert them generic object?

Thanks