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Data Transfer and Serialization

In a connected system, services and clients depend on the exchange of data to accomplish any task. As a developer of a service or client, you must also understand how Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) handles data and data serialization in order to create applications that are efficient and easy to maintain.

In This Section

  • Filtering
    Describes filtering, which enables pre-processing of a message based on various criteria.

Reference

System.ServiceModel

DataContractSerializer

XmlSerializer

System.Runtime.Serialization

System.Xml.Serialization

Extending Encoders and Serializers

See Also

Concepts

Best Practices: Data Contract Versioning
Service Versioning

Build Date: 2011-06-25