Question

I have an instance of System.Web.Services.WebService with a [WebMethod] returning an instance of class A. Class A is defined below. I would like the property a to be serialized but it is not. It seems only fields are serialized. Is there any way to force the property to be serialized?

public class A
{
    private string _a;
    public string a { get { return _a; } }
}

Answer 1

Serialization requires that both the Setter and the Getter accessors are present.

public class MyClass
{
    public string A { get; set;}
}