Question

we have a C#-Server which runs a WCF-Service. Currently we’re implementing some (DataContract)-classes. Now I’m wondering since you can only have private attributes by using C#-Properties, are you still able to use their values in a Java client? What if we’re doing some checks in a property getter-method (so we’re not just using standard getter/setter)?

Answer 1

The public C# properties of the classes marked by DataContracts will be sent as serialized XML to any client of the WCF service. The client technology (java in your example) will deserialize the XML into classes and methods appropriate to java. Here is a quick overview of soap from the java prespective. Simply put, you don’t need to worry about whether java supports the concept of “properties”; the java client creation technology will make the appropriate implementation. Any private members will not be serialized.