Using enums in WCF Data Services

Question

I\'m trying to manually build a WCF Data Service using a POCO data model and I cannot figure out how to properly expose enum values. Assuming a simple model lik

Answer 1

Assuming DataContract Serialization, like so:

[DataContract]
public class Order
{
   [DataMember]
   public int ID {get; set;}
   [DataMember]
   public string Description {get; set;}
   [DataMember]
   public OrderStatus Status {get; set;}
}

[DataContract]
public enum OrderStatus
{
    [EnumMember]
    New,
    [EnumMember]
    InProcess,
    [EnumMember]   
    Complete
}