Vista Tutorial - How to expose a class property using WCF?

03-17-2008

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#.

03-17-2008

"jmw" <jmw@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>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

03-17-2008	#1 (permalink)
jmw Guest n/a posts	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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03-17-2008	#2 (permalink)
John Saunders [MVP] Guest n/a posts	Re: How to expose a class property using WCF? "jmw" <jmw@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:CFF7DF93-7E3E-4695-8321-C887846B6E12@xxxxxx Quote: >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. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Saunders \| MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer
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