ClientOperation.Formatter Property
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Gets or sets the formatter that serializes objects into messages and deserializes messages into objects.
Assembly: System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.IClientMessageFormatterAn IClientMessageFormatter implementation.
Use the Formatter property to insert a custom IClientMessageFormatter implementation for an operation or modify the current formatter. The use of the formatter can be controlled by the SerializeRequest and DeserializeReply properties.
The IClientMessageFormatter interface defines the SerializeRequest and DeserializeReply methods, which are used to convert a set of object parameters to a message and from a message to a set of return values, respectively.