Nesting DataContracts...

Hi,
In my WCF service I have a need to nest Datacontracts.
I need to serialize a struct which contains a class as one of its members.
Here is the format:

public struct struct1
{
public string member1;
public string member2;
public string member3;

public class1 class11; //class1 is a class which contains a bunch of
members

}
I decorated the struct with DataContract attribute and decorated all its
members with DataMember attribute w. How do I go about serializing the
members of class1?
I tried to decorate it with DataMember attribute but I got an exception
while I tried to create a proxy . I also got a hint to mark it with
DataContract attribute and then mark its members with DataMember attribute. I
tired that but I got a compilation error saying that DataContract attribute
is valid only inside class,struct,enum etc. How do I got about accomplishing
what I need?
Thanks
-Siva R

Hello, Siva!

Is this what you need?

[DataContract]
public class Struct1
{
[DataMember]
public string memeber1;

[DataMember]
public Struct2 member2;
}

[DataContract]
public class Struct2
{
[DataMember]
public string anothermemeber;
}
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You wrote on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:33:00 -0700:

S> Hi,
S> In my WCF service I have a need to nest Datacontracts.
S> I need to serialize a struct which contains a class as one of its
S> members.
S> Here is the format:

S> public struct struct1 {
S> public string member1;
S> public string member2;
S> public string member3;

S> public class1 class11; //class1 is a class which contains a bunch
S> of members

S> }
S> I decorated the struct with DataContract attribute and decorated all
S> its members with DataMember attribute w. How do I go about
S> serializing the members of class1?
S> I tried to decorate it with DataMember attribute but I got an
S> exception while I tried to create a proxy . I also got a hint to
S> mark it with
S> DataContract attribute and then mark its members with DataMember
S> attribute. I tired that but I got a compilation error saying that
S> DataContract attribute is valid only inside class,struct,enum etc.
S> How do I got about accomplishing what I need?
S> Thanks -Siva R