I am using a Generic Class as a Response Data Contract. All is good and this is streamlining the design of my WCF service significantly.
Each request is given a standard response object with the following signature:
- Status (Enum)
- Message (String)
- Result (T)
Below is the Response Class:
[DataContract]
public class Response<T>
{
public Response() {}
public Response(T result)
{
this.result = result;
if (result != null)
{
this.status = Status.StatusEnum.Success;
}
else
{
this.status = Status.StatusEnum.Warning;
}
}
public Response(T result, Status.StatusEnum status)
{
this.status = status;
this.message = message;
}
public Response(T result, Status.StatusEnum status, string message)
{
this.status = status;
this.message = message;
this.result = result;
}
[DataMember]
public Status.StatusEnum status { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string message { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public T result { get; set; }
}
And this works brillantly. Only problem I have is that the WCF Client is given a really crappy name for this object "ResponseOfAccountnT9LOUZL"
Is there a way to get around this issue?
Should I be using this class as just a Abstract class which is inherited? I'd rather not have multiple classes cluttering my code.