New additions in 3.5 Sp1

In .NET 3.5 SP1 the following features are added to the DataContractSerializer.

1. Support for POCO types. Aaron has a nice writeup here. I have updated my post on Serialization Rules to include this.

2. Support for get-only collection properties.

3. Support for schema-verifiable multiple object reference (i.e using the same instance of an object in two places)

Another new feature worth mentioning is the support of XmlSerializer for serialization of faults. I will write more about each of these features in the near future.

Comments

• Anonymous
  November 20, 2008
  PingBack from http://blog.a-foton.ru/index.php/2008/11/21/new-additions-in-35-sp1/

• Anonymous
  December 23, 2008
  Hi Sowmy! I have a some questions about DataContractSerializer serialization process. Could you give me your email for conversation? :)

• Anonymous
  March 04, 2009
  Sowmy, I've been using your WebService Studio app for a long time.  I've run into a couple of issues with it.  Is there anyway that I can get the source for it?  The binary is posted on http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/webservicestudio20, but not the source. Thanks, Jason