datacontract

I'm using DataContractSerializer to serialize/deserialize my classes to/from XML. Everything works fine, but at some point I'd like to establish a standard schema for the format of these XML files independent of the actual code. That way if something breaks in the serialization process I can always go back and check what the standard schema should be. Or if I do need to modify the schema the modification is an explicit decision rather then just a later affect of modifying my code. In addition, other people may be writing other software that may not be .NET based that would need to read from

I have a WCF service method that expects an object and then retrieves its properties using reflection. On the client side I create an anonymous type object var obj = new {FirstName="John", LastName="Doe"} and pass it to the method. I'm getting an exception: Type '<>f__AnonymousType0`2[System.String,System.String]' cannot be serialized. Consider marking it with the DataContractAttribute attribute, and marking all of its members you want serialized with the DataMemberAttribute attribute. See the Microsoft .NET Framework documentation for other supported types. I can't mark the type or its

In WCF you can define a contract using the [DataContract] and [DataMember] attributes, like this: [DataContract] public class Sample { [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false, IsRequired = false)] public string Test { get; set; } } This article on the MSDN states that using EmitDefaultValue = false is not recommended: However, i like to use this, because the XML that is generated using this construction is cleaner. Not specifying this setting results in: <Sample> <Test xsi:nil="true"/> </Sample> while using the setting the element is ommited when there is no value: <Sample> </Sample> I'm curious

I have the following code: [DataContract] class TestContract { private String _Name; private Int32 _Age; [DataMember( Name = "Name" )] public String Name { get { return _Name; } set { _Name = value; } } [DataMember( Name = "Age" )] public Int32 Age { get { return _Age; } set { _Age = value; } } } [Serializable] public class DNCJsonDictionary<K, V> : ISerializable { Dictionary<K, V> dict = new Dictionary<K, V>(); public DNCJsonDictionary() { } protected DNCJsonDictionary( SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context ) { } public void GetObjectData( SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext

While using this code to serialize an object: public object Clone() { var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(GetType()); using (var ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream()) { serializer.WriteObject(ms, this); ms.Position = 0; return serializer.ReadObject(ms); } } I have noticed that it doesn't copy the relationships. Is there any way to make this happen? Simply use the constructor overload that accepts preserveObjectReferences , and set it to true: using System; using System.Runtime.Serialization; static class Program { public static T Clone<T>(T obj) where T : class { var serializer = new

How can I get a web service method to access parameters in the URI and complex POST data? I have a web service method with some parameters in the URI: "/api/{something}/{id}" I also have a class marked with DataContract/Member attributes that I want the webservice method to accept. Note that my class contains a subclass also marked with DataContract/Member attributes. [DataContract] public class MoreData{ [DataMember] public string SomeString { get; set; } [DataMember] public SubClass SubData {get; set;} } My method declaration looks like: [OperationContract] [WebInvoke( Method = "POST",