How to handle different namespace between serialization and deserialization

Consider this scenario:

1. You have a web service with entries in a namespace Company.Business.Entities
2. You have matching entities on the client side in a namespace Company.Client.Entities
3. You want to simply serialize the Business Entity, transfer over the wire and deserialize  into client enetites.
4. Problem!!!! you can't as the namespace is not same.

Solution

1. Put a namespace attribute on each client side and server side entity. e.g.

[DataContract(Namespace = "http://wwww.yourcompany.com/messages/entities")]

The problem with this is that you will have to add this to each and every entity.

    2. Option 2 and probably better is to use assembly attribute in assemblyinfo.cs

[assembly: ContractNamespace("http://wwww.yourcompany.com/messages/entities", ClrNamespace = "Company.Client.Entities")]

Add this to both, client and Business entities. Remember to update ClrNamespace and runtime will create correct namespace for serialization and deserialization.

Happy .Netting!!!