Define members that must be attributes into the data contract

Question

Ok, I'm sure this must be terribly easy, but I cannot find info into the matter.

Also, it's my first time using WCF, so get easy on me if I'm a bit slow understanding things.

Let's say I have this class

[DataContract]
public class whatever {

    [DataMember]
    public string whateverName;

    [DataMember]
    public string whateverId;

}

This will serialize into:

<whatever>
    <whateverName></whateverName>
    <whateverId></whateverId>
</whatever>

How can I change it to make the following serialization?

<whatever whateverName="" whateverId="" />

Answer 1

You can use below mentioned code like

[DataContract]
public class whatever
{
  [XmlAttribute]
  public string whateverName;

  [XmlAttribute]
  public string whateverId;
}