Set DataContract and DataMember Without All the Attributes

Question

I find the [DataContract] and [DataMember] attributes a bit messy and would rather do this with code in a config method or something. Is this possible?

Answer 1

I know this is a rather old post, but I came here thinking the same thing if there is a way to set all member attributes automatically on some legacy code with public fields and no getters and setters.

What makes it look just a little bit less messy is shortening up the name DataMember:

using DM = System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute;

[DataContract]
public class SomeClass
{
    [DM] public bool IsMO;
    [DM] public string LabCode;
    [DM] public string OrderNumber;  
}