InvalidDataContractException Class

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The exception that is thrown when the DataContractSerializer encounters an invalid data contract during serialization and deserialization.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System..::.Exception
    System.Runtime.Serialization..::.InvalidDataContractException

Namespace:  System.Runtime.Serialization
Assembly:  System.Runtime.Serialization (in System.Runtime.Serialization.dll)

Syntax

Public Class InvalidDataContractException _
    Inherits Exception
public class InvalidDataContractException : Exception

The InvalidDataContractException type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
InvalidDataContractException()()() Initializes a new instance of the InvalidDataContractException class.
InvalidDataContractException(String) Initializes a new instance of the InvalidDataContractException class with the specified error message.
InvalidDataContractException(String, Exception) Initializes a new instance of the InvalidDataContractException class with the specified error message and inner exception.

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Properties

  Name Description
Data Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
HelpLink Gets or sets a link to the help file associated with this exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
HResult Gets or sets HRESULT, a coded numerical value that is assigned to a specific exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
InnerException Gets the Exception instance that caused the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Message Gets a message that describes the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Source Gets or sets the name of the application or the object that causes the error. (Inherited from Exception.)
StackTrace Gets a string representation of the frames on the call stack at the time the current exception was thrown. (Inherited from Exception.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
GetBaseException When overridden in a derived class, returns the Exception that is the root cause of one or more subsequent exceptions. (Inherited from Exception.)
GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
GetType Gets the runtime type of the current instance. (Inherited from Exception.)
MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
ToString Creates and returns a string representation of the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)

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Remarks

An instance of this type is thrown if the DataContractSerializer detects that the type of the instance being serialized or deserialized is invalid. An instance of this type is also thrown if an invalid type is passed to the schema import or export engine.

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Platforms

Windows Phone

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

System.Runtime.Serialization Namespace

DataContractSerializer