How to get data serializer used by WCF operation in runtime

Question

Hi,

Is there a chance to get a data contract serializer used by operation (DataContractSerializer/NetDataContractSerializer/XmlSerializer etc) in runtime (for instance using operation behaviour). What I want to achieve is to create some diagnostic code that would serialize messages (in message inspector) using currently attached serializer to compare results.

Thanks, Pawel

Answer 1

Take a look at creating a message inspector on the service side. From there you can grab the message and check its encoder. The encoder will tell you how its serializing. This is not working code, but it would go something like this:IDispatchMessageInspector.AfterReceiveRequest( ref Message request....){ if ( request.MessageEncoder is typeof(BinaryMessageEncoder) //do stuff.....}