datacontractserializer

I have a struct in C# that wraps a guid. I'm using DataContractJsonSerializer to serialize an object containing an instance of that class. When I was using a guid directly, it was serialized as a plain string, but now it's serialized as a name/value pair. Here's an NUnit test and supporting code that demonstrates the problem: private static string ToJson<T>(T data) { DataContractJsonSerializer serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof (T)); using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream()) { serializer.WriteObject(ms, data); return Encoding.Default.GetString(ms.ToArray()); } }

I decided to open a new question about this matter, maybe expanding this question, not having found a precise answer about the issue anywhere on the Internet. I want to use protobuf-net to serialize/deserialize messages exchanged between my WCF client and service. The service is self-hosted in a Windows Service. Both client and service are configured programmatically, using a custom binding very similar to wsHttpBinding . Service reference code is generated using "Add Service Reference" option in Visual Studio. The ORM used on the WCF service is EntityFramework 4 and it's code is generated

I ve been looking at this for a while now It seems that binary serialisation is discouraged as any change to field names breaks serialisation =? Not Good XMLSerializer is problematic because you have to provide a no arg constructor and public fields although you do have more control over elements being attributes or elements and their naming DataContractSerializer is good but all suclassses need to be explicitly added which is a shame However I stumbled across NetDataContractSerializer which does not have this limitation. If your goal is C# serialisation and no big constraints on size of xml

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

How can I set a default value to a DataMember for example for the one shown below: I want to set ScanDevice="XeroxScan" by default [DataMember] public string ScanDevice { get; set; } I've usually done this with a pattern like this: [DataContract] public class MyClass { [DataMember] public string ScanDevice { get; set; } public MyClass() { SetDefaults(); } [OnDeserializing] private void OnDeserializing(StreamingContext context) { SetDefaults(); } private void SetDefaults() { ScanDevice = "XeroxScan"; } } Don't forget the OnDeserializing, as your constructor will not be called during

I'm trying to serialize and deserialize a tree of Node objects. My abstract "Node" class as well as other abstract and concrete classes that derive from it are defined in my "Informa" project. In addition, I've created a static class in Informa for serialization / deserialization. First I'm deconstructing my tree into a flat list of type Dictionary(guid,Node) where guid is the unique id of Node. I am able to serialize all my Nodes with out a problem. But when I try to deserialize I get the following exception. Error in line 1 position 227. Element ' http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10