Extending Encoders and Serializers

The topics in this section describe how to extend the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) serialization system.

In This Section

  • Data Contract Surrogates
    Describes how serialization, deserialization, schema export, and schema import can be customized using a data contract surrogate class.
  • Custom Message Formatters
    Describes custom message formatters, which can be used to control the serialization and deserialization of a WCF message into CLR types.

Build Date: 2011-06-25