DomainServiceDescription.GetSerializationType Method

[WCF RIA Services Version 1 Service Pack 2 is compatible with either .NET framework 4 or .NET Framework 4.5, and with either Silverlight 4 or Silverlight 5.]

Returns the corresponding type exposed by the domain service, while accounting for inheritance.

Namespace:  System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Server
Assembly:  System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Server (in System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Server.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetSerializationType ( _
    type As Type _
) As Type
'Usage
Dim instance As DomainServiceDescription
Dim type As Type
Dim returnValue As Type

returnValue = instance.GetSerializationType(type)
public Type GetSerializationType(
    Type type
)
public:
Type^ GetSerializationType(
    Type^ type
)
member GetSerializationType : 
        type:Type -> Type 
public function GetSerializationType(
    type : Type
) : Type

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Type
The corresponding type exposed by the domain service, or nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the specified type is not an entity type.

Remarks

Any serialization or other framework operations operating ontypes should call into this method to get the correct type definition to operate on.

See Also

Reference

DomainServiceDescription Class

System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Server Namespace