Question

I am using a Generic Class as a Response Data Contract. All is good and this is streamlining the design of my WCF service significantly.

Each request is given a standard response object with the following signature:

• Status (Enum)
• Message (String)
• Result (T)

Below is the Response Class:

[DataContract]     public class Response<T>     {         public Response() {}          public Response(T result)         {             this.result = result;             if (result != null)             {                 this.status = Status.StatusEnum.Success;             }             else             {                 this.status = Status.StatusEnum.Warning;             }         }          public Response(T result, Status.StatusEnum status)         {             this.status = status;             this.message = message;         }          public Response(T result, Status.StatusEnum status, string message)         {             this.status = status;             this.message = message;             this.result = result;         }          [DataMember]         public Status.StatusEnum status { get; set; }          [DataMember]         public string message { get; set; }          [DataMember]         public T result { get; set; }     } 

And this works brillantly. Only problem I have is that the WCF Client is given a really crappy name for this object ‘ResponseOfAccountnT9LOUZL’

Is there a way to get around this issue?

Should I be using this class as just a Abstract class which is inherited? I’d rather not have multiple classes cluttering my code.

Answer 1

Ok found the Answer

You can specify the Serialised version using the following syntax:

[DataContract(Name = ‘MyClassOf{0}{1}’)]

class MyClass { }

So if I had a Class called Response which takes a Generic T parameter I would use

[DataContract(Name = ‘ResponseOfType{0}’)]

class Response { }