datacontractserializer

When deserializing, DataContractSerializer requires not only that an element name matches, but also that it is in a certain order with respect to the other elements. My application is such that every field can be uniquely identified by its name. I would therefore like it to be possible for the XML file to contain the elements in any order and for the deserializer to still work. Is it possible to set up a DataContract like this? The introductory paragraph in Data Member Order suggests that order is enforced optionally , but I haven't found a way to actually make it optional. Follow-up question

I have some class that I'm passing as a result of a service method, and that class has a get-only property: [DataContract] public class ErrorBase { [DataMember] public virtual string Message { get { return ""; } } } I'm getting an exception on service side: System.Runtime.Serialization.InvalidDataContractException: No set method for property 'Message' in type 'MyNamespace.ErrorBase'. I have to have this property as only getter, I can't allow users to assign it a value. Any workaround I could use? Or am I missing some additional attribute? Give Message a public getter but protected setter, so

I inherited some classes with a large number of attributes. I want to be able to serialize them for WCF . As DataContractSerializer is an opt-in serializer, I will need to decorate all the properties with DataMember attribute, which seems to me a little cumbersome. Don't I have any other way around so that I don't have to add DataMember to all the properties? Please note, most of my properties need to be serialized. Mathieson It depends if your properties can be automatically generated - if so, you could simple substitute the WCF serializer. Usually this is done to use JSON.NET instead: C# WCF

Using the DataContractSerializer to serialize my object I get an output similar to <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <AgentNotification xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/The.name.space.Notifications"> <_x003C_Created_x003E_k__BackingField i:nil="true" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/The.name.space" /> <_x003C_Id_x003E_k__BackingField i:nil="true" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/The.name.space" /> <_x003C_Email_x003E_k__BackingField>some@email.com</_x003C_Email_x003E_k__BackingField> <_x003C

I have the following 2 functions: public static string Serialize(object obj) { DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(obj.GetType()); MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(); serializer.WriteObject(memoryStream, obj); return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(memoryStream.GetBuffer()); } public static object Deserialize(string xml, Type toType) { MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml)); // memoryStream.Position = 0L; XmlDictionaryReader reader = XmlDictionaryReader.CreateTextReader(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8, new XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas(

I've found numerous solutions here at SO and elsewere that deal with deep clone of object via serialization/deserialization (into memory and back). It requires that classes to be cloned are marked with [Serializable] . I happen to have my classes (well most of them) marked with [DataContract] because I use DataContractSerializer to serialize into XML. I only introduced [Serializable] attribute because of the need for deep clone of some of these class instances. However, now something happened to serialization/deserialization via the DCS because it does not work anymore - errors about expecting