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Tim B James
Tim B James

Reputation: 20364

ASP.NET WebAPI XML Serialization after RC update

Prior to the asp.net 4 RC update, I had been using the WebApi for outputting XML. My model had XmlSerialization attributes [XmlElement(ElementName = "the name")] so that I could use friendlier names.

e.g.

[XmlElement(ElementName = "Branch")]
public string site_nm { get; set; }

After the .net 4 RC update, the XML which is output ignores this.

I know that some things have changed in the WebApi, like to make a method return values based on OData protocols when returning IQueryable<T>, you now need to add [Queryable] to your methods.

Is there something that I need to add to make the serialization work? I have read through change notes but can't see anything.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1313

Answers (1)

Aliostad
Aliostad

Reputation: 81660

You need to instruct the formatter to use XmlSerializer:

GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.XmlFormatter.UseXmlSerializer = true;

The default now is the DataContractSerializer.

Upvotes: 5

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