How can I control the name of generic WCF return types?

Question

I\'ve got a WCF Web Service method whose prototype is:

[OperationContract]
Response> GetCustomers();

When I add

Answer 1

You can define your own name in the DataContract attribute like this:

[DataContract(Name = "ResponseOf{0}")]
public class Response

Note that in your example the {0} will be replaced and your proxy reference type will be ResponseOfArrayOfCustomer.

More info here: WCF: Serialization and Generics