datacontractserializer

I'm trying to serialize a class hierarchy to a Json string using DataContractJsonSerializer , in a WCF service. the default behaviour for serializing a derived class is to add the following key value pair to the object: "__type":"ClassName:#Namespace" My problem is that namespaces are long and they bloat the Json string. I would like to somehow intervene with the serialization and output this instead: "__type":"ClassName" and on deserialization intervene again to point to the correct namespace (which i know in runtime). Is there any way to do such a thing? This page describes the circumstances

I have a smart client application communicating with its server via WCF. Data is created on the client and then sent over the service to be persisted. The server and client use the same domain classes via a shared dll and I'm using the handy "Add Service Reference" functionality in Visual Studio that wraps SvcUtil.exe and generates the client and proxy classes. I get the following error when trying to call the service: System.Xml.XmlException occurred Message=Name cannot begin with the '<' character, hexadecimal value 0x3C. Source=System.Xml LineNumber=0 LinePosition=1 StackTrace: at System

I had a quick question regarding the datacontractserializer. Maybe it's more of a stream question. I found a piece of code that writes the xml to a filestream. I basically don't want the file and just need the string output. public static string DataContractSerializeObject<T>(T objectToSerialize) { var fs = new FileStream("test.xml", FileMode.OpenOrCreate); var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(T)); serializer.WriteObject(fs, objectToSerialize); fs.Close(); return fs.ToString(); } fs.ToString() is obviously not what I'm looking for. What stream or writer etc, can I use just to

PROBLEM: I have a Child class which uses DataContractSerialization and raises a Changed event when its Name property is set. <DataContract()> Public Class Child Public Event Changed() <DataMember()> Private _Name As String Public Sub New(ByVal NewName As String) _Name = NewName End Sub Public Property Name() As String Get Return _Name End Get Set(ByVal value As String) _Name = value RaiseEvent Changed() End Set End Property End Class It is contained within a Parent class which also uses DataContractSerialization and handles the Changed event of the Child. <DataContract()> Public Class Parent