wcf datamemberattribute casing.

Question

Hello and thanks for any assistance

In my WCF Service I have a property declared as such:

public string PropertyName { get { return propertyName; } set { propertyName = value; } }

In my Client, when i add a service reference to the service, the imported .cs file has the same property, except it has lost it's casing, as such:

[System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute(IsRequired=true)] public string propertyName { get { return this.propertyNameField; } set { this.propertyNameField = value; } }

(Notice the lower case 'p' on 'propertyName')

Is there anything I can do so that consumers actually get the property with the intented Casing, ie: PropertyName not propertyName?

Thanks, Steven

Answer 1

Have you tried explicitly setting the Name in the DataMember? For example:

[DataMember(Name="PropertyName")]
public string PropertyName { get { ... } set { ... } }

Answer 2

Do you have the DataContract attribute in place correctly? Also make sure that you're applying the DataMember to the property and not the private string.

[DataContract]
public class DataObject {

    string propertyName;

    [DataMember]
    public string PropertyName {
        get { return propertyName; }
        set { propertyName = value; }
    }
}

The full code of the class would be helpful.