WCF DataContract ToString Function

Question

Can you override the ToString function in WCF DataContrat? Right now I have:

[DataContract]
public class Keyword
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public override string ToString()
    {
        return Name;
    }
}

But that does not work. Anyway, for this to work?

Answer 1

Remember also that if you have both a server and a client, you can often use a common library for data contracts, rather than generate a client proxy. If you do this, you can have the same method on both the server and the client, as they are exactly the same.

Answer 2

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namespace WebApplication1.UCCTestSvcRef {
    using System.Runtime.Serialization;
    using System;


    [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
    [System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Runtime.Serialization", "4.0.0.0")]
    [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContractAttribute(Name="UCCRecord", Namespace="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/UCCTest")]
    [System.SerializableAttribute()]
    public partial class UCCRecord : object, System.Runtime.Serialization.IExtensibleDataObject, System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged {

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namespace WebApplication1.UCCTestSvcRef
{
    public partial class UCCRecord
    {
        public override string ToString()
        {
            return "Key: " + Key.ToString() + ", Time: " + Timestamp.ToString("d") + ", Value: " + Value;
        }
    }
}

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Answer 3

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