Question

I am having problem with serializing object before send to the wire.

Basically I am expecting my object to be serialized as

<verb operation="and">Show</verb>

However its ignoring the attribute as

<verb>Show</verb>

Below is the client proxy code

    /// <remarks/>
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("svcutil", "3.0.4506.2152")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.starstandards.org/webservices/2005/10/transport")]
public enum OperationEnumeratedType
{

    /// <remarks/>
    /// 
    and,

    /// <remarks/>
    /// 
    or,

    /// <remarks/>
    /// 
    not,
}


        /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(Form = System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Qualified)]
    public OperationEnumeratedType operation
    {
        get
        {
            return this.operationField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.operationField = value;
        }
    }

and Below is How I am Creating this object.

                    verb = new CriteriaLogicStringType
                    {
                        operation = OperationEnumeratedType.and,
                        Value = "Show"
                    }

Does anyone knows how can I get the Operation Attribute to appear in serialized xml?

Thanks

Answer 1

You should decorate the members of the OperationEnumeratedType enumeration with the EnumMemberAttribute, like this:

[DataContract]
public enum OperationEnumeratedType
{
    [EnumMember]
    And,
    [EnumMember]
    Or, 
    [EnumMember]
    Not
}

Related resources:

• Enumeration Types in Data Contracts