InvalidDataContractException Class

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The exception that is thrown when the DataContractSerializer encounters an invalid data contract during serialization and deserialization.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Exception
    System.Runtime.Serialization.InvalidDataContractException

Namespace:  System.Runtime.Serialization
Assembly:  System.Runtime.Serialization (in System.Runtime.Serialization.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class InvalidDataContractException _
    Inherits Exception
public class InvalidDataContractException : Exception

The InvalidDataContractException type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone InvalidDataContractException() Initializes a new instance of the InvalidDataContractException class.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone InvalidDataContractException(String) Initializes a new instance of the InvalidDataContractException class with the specified error message.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone InvalidDataContractException(String, Exception) Initializes a new instance of the InvalidDataContractException class with the specified error message and inner exception.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Data Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Protected propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone HResult Gets or sets HRESULT, a coded numerical value that is assigned to a specific exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone InnerException Gets the Exception instance that caused the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Message Gets a message that describes the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone StackTrace Gets a string representation of the frames on the call stack at the time the current exception was thrown. (Inherited from Exception.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetBaseException When overridden in a derived class, returns the Exception that is the root cause of one or more subsequent exceptions. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the runtime type of the current instance. (Inherited from Exception.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Creates and returns a string representation of the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)

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Remarks

An instance of this type is thrown if the DataContractSerializer detects that the type of the instance being serialized or deserialized is invalid. An instance of this type is also thrown if an invalid type is passed to the schema import or export engine.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.