KnownTypeAttribute::MethodName Property
Gets the name of a method that will return a list of types that should be recognized during serialization or deserialization.
Assembly: System.Runtime.Serialization (in System.Runtime.Serialization.dll)
Property Value
Type: System::String^A String that contains the name of the method on the type defined by the KnownTypeAttribute class.
The method must exist on the class or structure that the KnownTypeAttribute is applied to, must be static, must accept no parameters, and must return an instance of any type that implements the generic IEnumerable<T> interface, such as the Collection<T> class, or an array of Type objects.
The method is called once per application domain when the data contract is loaded for the type.
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 3.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1