Passing custom objects to a web service

Question

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 difficu

Answer 1

Edit: removed the part about [Serializable]

Are you creating the service, or consuming it?

To create an object which can be passed as a parameter of a webmethod, you don't have to do anything special. That is if you're creating an asmx webservice.

OTOH, If you're creating a WCF service then you have to mark the class with [DataContract] and all the members you want to be serialized with [DataMember].

If you're consuming the webservice, then the proxy classes for the object to pass should be generated when you added the service reference. You just have to use them.