Why can't a DataMember in WCF return Type?

Question

Trying to get this to work, with no luck:

[DataMember]
public Type ParameterType { get; set;}

Answer 1

Web Services, in general, are meant to be cross-platform. What would a Java program do with a System.Type from .NET?

Also, what part of Type would you like to see serialized, and how would you like to see it deserialized?