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How to expose a class property using WCF?
  1. 17 Mar 2008 #1


    jmw Guest

    How to expose a class property using WCF?

    I have been struggling with this for several days and found no answers in all
    the online searches that I have done.



    Given a Class X, that has a public MethodA and a public PropertyB (readonly,
    i.e. just a get), how do I decorate the class with [ServiceContract],
    [MethodContract], [DataContract], and [DataMember] so that the property will
    show up in the wsdl?

    I have had no problems getting the MethodA to be exposed, but have yet to
    find a way to get the PropertyB to be exposed. I haven't found any examples
    that seem to have both methods and properties in the same class. Is this not
    allowed with WCF?

    I am using VS2008 and C#.


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  2. 17 Mar 2008 #2


    John Saunders [MVP] Guest

    Re: How to expose a class property using WCF?

    "jmw" <jmw@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    >I have been struggling with this for several days and found no answers in
    >all
    > the online searches that I have done.
    >
    > Given a Class X, that has a public MethodA and a public PropertyB
    > (readonly,
    > i.e. just a get), how do I decorate the class with [ServiceContract],
    > [MethodContract], [DataContract], and [DataMember] so that the property
    > will
    > show up in the wsdl?
    >
    > I have had no problems getting the MethodA to be exposed, but have yet to
    > find a way to get the PropertyB to be exposed. I haven't found any
    > examples
    > that seem to have both methods and properties in the same class. Is this
    > not
    > allowed with WCF?
    Service contracts and data contracts are totally separate things. You should
    not combine them.
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    John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer


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