[RESOLVED] VS2010: Service xml serialization [XmlAttributeAttribute()] is ignored

[aconybeare]

Hi,

I believe that I've fixed this by changing the default serializer. From .Net Framwork 3.0 microsoft changed the default serializer to the DataContract serializer, which is different from the XmlSerializer that ASMX uses.

"Therefore, the XSD generated varies, too - the DataCOntract serializer for example doesn't support XML attributes (for speed reasons)."

I specified the XmlSerializer in the service interface [Contract] last night and it seems to be producing the expected xsd now. I did this late last night so haven't tested it properly yet and I'm off now until the new year.

Here are some links to the thread where I found the info I've been looking for -

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2592664/schema-generated-from-wcf-web-service-and-asmx-are-different?rq=1

Blog post comparing the two serializers

Serialization in WCF