datacontract

I am porting a .NET Framework C# class library to a Portable Class Library. One recurring problem is how to deal with classes decorated with the [Serializable] attribute, since this attribute is not part of the Portable Class Library subset. Serialization functionality in the Portable Class Library subset instead appears to be covered by DataContractAttribute . To preserve as much of functionality as possible in the Portable Class Library, is it sufficient to replace [Serializable] with the [DataContract] attribute (with the implication that all fields and properties subject to serialization

I want to be able to generate a DataContract from a XSD file, preferably using the xsd.exe tool . What is the easiest way for it to auto generate the [DataContract] and [DataMember] on each of my items? Or is there a better approach? I am trying to avoid having to recreate the data contract each time the XSD file is changed and regenerated. marc_s The xsd.exe tool predates WCF and doesn't know anything about [DataContract] and [DataMember] . If you do use xsd.exe , you'll have to switch WCF to use the XmlSerializer instead of its default DataContractSerializer for serializing the data

Rather new to Json.net and tried the following simple example serializing and then deserialing an object getting the error below: using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting; using Newtonsoft.Json; using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Runtime.Serialization; using System.Text; using System.Collections; namespace Timehunter.Base.ServicesTests { /// <summary> /// Summary description for JsonError /// </summary> [TestClass] public class JsonError { [TestMethod] public void TestMethod1() { JsonSerializerSettings serializerSettings = new

I need to have some data members get some values when I create an instance of the DataContract on the client. This is not happening using constructors. I have searched through different forums and found we have to use [OnDeserializing] and [OnDeserialized] attributes. This is also not working. Can somebody suggest something here. The other alternative is creating constructors in the partial classes at the client side. I want to avoid that. Please find the code below: Server-side: Datacontract [DataContract] public class Account { private int mAccountId; private string mAccountName; public

What is the purpose of IsReference property in DataContract ? How does the request and response vary with this property applied? Tanner It determines how objects are serialized, by default, IsReference=false . Setting IsReference = true allows the serialization of trees of objects that can reference each other. So with a list of Employees that each have a property for Manager (who is also an Employee ), a reference to the Manager for each Employee can be held rather than embedding the Manager within each Employee node: IsReference=false would produce: <Employee> <Manager i:nil=“true“ /> <Name

I have a datacontact with many members that has a custom class I would like to force a new instance if the property is null on deserialization. is there a way to do that? Surjit Samra If your are using DataContract serialization then you can override its default behaviour using the OnDeserialized attribute. From MSDN : When applied to a method, specifies that the method is called during deserialization of an object in an object graph. The order of deserialization relative to other objects in the graph is non-deterministic. Here is my sample code: namespace MySpace { public class MyCustomClass