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DataContract Class

Definition

Represents a data contract that defines serialization and deserialization behavior for types.

public ref class DataContract abstract
public abstract class DataContract
type DataContract = class
Public MustInherit Class DataContract
Inheritance
DataContract
Derived

Properties

Name Description
BaseContract

Gets the base data contract for this data contract.

ContractType

Gets the contract type name for this data contract.

DataMembers
IsBuiltInDataContract
IsISerializable
IsReference

Gets a value indicating whether the data contract is serialized by reference.

IsValueType

Gets a value indicating whether the data contract represents a value type.

KnownDataContracts
OriginalUnderlyingType
TopLevelElementName
TopLevelElementNamespace
UnderlyingType
XmlName

Gets the XML qualified name for the data contract.

Methods

Name Description
Equals(Object)
Equals(Object)

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

(Inherited from Object)
GetArrayTypeName(Boolean)
GetBuiltInDataContract(String, String)
GetHashCode()
GetHashCode()

Serves as the default hash function.

(Inherited from Object)
GetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.

(Inherited from Object)
GetXmlName(Type)
IsDictionaryLike(String, String, String)
MemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

(Inherited from Object)
ToString()

Returns a string that represents the current object.

(Inherited from Object)

Applies to