WCF method that updates object passed in
- by Georgia Brown
Am I correct in thinking that if I have a WCF OperationContract takes in an object and needs to set a property on that object so the client gets the update, I need to declare it to return the object.
e.g. given a datacontract:
[DataContract]
public class CompositeType
{
[DataMember]
public int Key { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string Something { get; set; }
}
this will not work with WCF:
public void GetDataUsingDataContract(CompositeType composite)
{
composite.Key = 42;
}
this will work:
public CompositeType GetDataUsingDataContract(CompositeType composite)
{
composite.Key = 42;
return new CompositeType
{
Key = composite.Key,
Something = composite.Something
};
}
