Question

I would like to force svcutil to generate all data contracts in an assembly that is used by WCF, regardless of whether or not a type is referenced by a given operation contract.

[DataContract] public class Foo { }  [DataContract] public class Bar : Foo { }  [ServiceContract] public interface IService {     [OperationContract]     void Get(Foo foo); } 

Given this setup I cannot get svcutil to generate a version of Bar as there are no operation contracts that currently reference it. Is there a way to force svcutil to generate the data contract for Bar?

Answer 1

Add a KnownType attribute to the Foo class

[KnownType(typeof(Bar))] [DataContract] public class Foo { }