Question

I am using ASP.Net Ajax’s Page Methods and I have an issue that an enumeration’s definition is not being rendered. Here is what I have:

public class Contact {     public string FirstName{get;set;}     public IList<PhoneNumber> PhoneNumbers{get;set;} }  public class PhoneNumber {    public string Number{get;set;}    public PhoneNumberType {get;set;} }  public enum PhoneNumberType {    Home,    Work,    Fax,    Cell } 

I then have a simple web method such as:

[WebMethod] public static Contact GetContact(Guid id) {    return ....; } 

On the client side I end up with a MyNamespace.Contact class; however, I do not have a MyNamespace.PhoneNumber or MyNameSpace.PhoneNumberType. I’ve found that if I explicitly add fake webmethods that just return those types then client side types are rendered. Is there a way to force that enum to be rendered other then fake web methods?

I want the enum because I need to iterate through that List<> and based on the PhoneNumberType do something different. I’d rather not hardcode magic numbers or hardcode the enum deffinition.

Answer 1

I need to add GenerateScriptType attribute to the method signature.

So my page method is now

[WebMethod] [GenerateScriptType(typeof(PhoneNumberType))] [GenerateScriptType(typeof(PhoneNumber))] public static Contact GetContact(Guid id) { }