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Passing custom objects to a web service

Asked 2009-06-03T22:46:36.140
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I have a need to pass a custom object to a remote web service. I have read that it may be necessary to implement ISerializable, but I've done that and I'm encountering difficulties. What is the proper way in C# to pass a custom object to a web service method?

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Looks like a duplicate to this question

Anyway, all objects involved in WS interactions should be XML-serializable, not ISerializable (which is binary serialization). Moreover, they should be described in the service contract (WSDL), otherwise clients won't be able to consume them. This article should be useful to understand XML-serialization with XML Web Services.

However, if you are talking about really custom objects (i.e. any type). You should consider passing them in binary form: either as base64-encoded, or as attachments. The question I linked to has an answer how to do that.

answered 2009-06-03T22:58:29.873

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