c# - DataContractSerializer is an opt-in serializer. How to make it Opt-Out?

Question

I inherited some classes with a large number of attributes. I want to be able to serialize them for WCF.

As DataContractSerializer is an opt-in serializer, I will need to decorate all the properties with DataMember attribute, which seems to me a little cumbersome. Don't I have any other way around so that I don't have to add DataMember to all the properties?

Please note, most of my properties need to be serialized.

Answer 1

It depends if your properties can be automatically generated - if so, you could simple substitute the WCF serializer. Usually this is done to use JSON.NET instead:

C# WCF REST - How do you use JSON.Net serializer instead of the default DataContractSerializer?