Can you use Generics with a web service?

Question

Is it possible to have such a method in a WCF service contract and call it from a SOAP client?

TContentType GetTopics<TContentType>() where TContentType : ContentItem

I think generics are serializable, so maybe this only depends on whether the client supports them? Thoughts?

Answer 1

No, the actual OperationContract should be about a specific type. You can get such a generic video, but not publish it directly.

You also cannot use overloading.