Custom WCF DataContractSerializer

by

Yes, you can provide your own serializer implementation. By default WCF will use the DataContractSerializer. To provide your own serializer you must write your own IOperationBehavior which seeks out and removes the currently applied DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior from the OperationDescription::Behaviors collection and then applies a custom instance of an DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior. The DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior is then responsible for constructing an XmlObjectSerializer implementation in it’s CreateSerializer factory methods. For some code samples for how to do this, check out this article by Dan Rigsby.

From there, it’s all about implementing your own custom XmlObjectSerializer which will allow you to serialize the XML infoset to any representation you want.

More Related Contents:

  1. replace WCF built-in JavascriptSerializer with Newtonsoft Json.Net json serializer
  2. Any way to make DataContractJsonSerializer serialize Dictionaries properly?
  3. WCF Disable Deserialization Order Sensitivity
  4. What’s the best way to jSON serialize a .NET DataTable in WCF?
  5. What are the deficiencies of the built-in BinaryFormatter based .Net serialization?
  6. What is the correct way to make a custom .NET Exception serializable?
  7. How does WCF deserialization instantiate objects without calling a constructor?
  8. How can you control .NET DataContract serialization so it uses XML attributes instead of elements?
  9. CryptographicException ‘Keyset does not exist’, but only through WCF
  10. .Net: Running code when assembly is loaded
  11. How do you configure WCF known types programmatically?
  12. How to localize when JSON-serializing?
  13. How can I ignore a property when serializing using the DataContractSerializer?
  14. Why is the first WCF client call slow?
  15. Reports in SOA (Business Intelligence & Service Oriented Architecture)
  16. Generate C# classes from JSON Schema [closed]
  17. DataContractSerializer vs XmlSerializer: Pros and Cons of each serializer
  18. Is DataContract attributes required for WCF
  19. Calling a webservice that uses ISO-8859-1 encoding from WCF
  20. “Type not expected”, using DataContractSerializer – but it’s just a simple class, no funny stuff?
  21. Web Services — WCF vs. ASMX (“Standard”)
  22. WCF error: The caller was not authenticated by the service
  23. IIS: web applications warmup
  24. How to remove k__BackingField from json when Deserialize
  25. Service has zero application (non-infrastructure) endpoints
  26. Using .Net what limitations (if any) are there in using the XmlSerializer?
  27. WCF is using the computer name instead of the IP address and cannot be resolved
  28. How to serialize a large graph of .NET objects into a SQL Server BLOB without creating a large buffer?
  29. Managing complex Web.Config files between deployment environments
  30. WCF Service Throttling

Leave a Comment