Circular references preventing serialization of object graph

Question

I\'ve got a simple data model involving Weeds and Weed Families.

WeedFamily <-1---*-> Weed (WeedFamily and Weed have a one-to-many relationship)

Answer 1

Add [DataContract(IsReference = true)] to the objects that have circular references.

[Serializable]
[DataContract(IsReference = true)]
public class WeedFamily

[Serializable]
[DataContract(IsReference = true)]
public class Weed

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/hh241056(v=vs.100).aspx