Data Contracts

This section contains samples that demonstrate data contracts in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).

In This Section

Basic Data Contract Demonstrates how to implement a data contract.

DataContractSerializer Sample Demonstrates the DataContractSerializer, which performs general serialization and deserialization services for the data contract classes.

Known Types Demonstrates how to specify information about derived types in a data contract.

Object References Demonstrates how to pass objects by references between server and client.

POCO Support Demonstrates the serialization support for unmarked types; that is, types to which serialization attributes have not been applied, sometimes referred to as Plain Old CLR Object (POCO) types.