I have a Class2 and a Class1 in a project shared between service and client.
<DataContract> _
Public Class Class1
<DataMember> _
Public Property Test
End Class
<DataContract()> _
Public Class Class2(Of ReturnType)
<DataMember> _
Public Property Test As String
<DataMember()> _
Public Property Items() As ReturnType()
End Class
This is my service interface:
<ServiceContract(Name:="Service")> _
Public Interface IService
<OperationContract()> _
Function GetStuff() As Class2(Of Class1)
End Interface
And my service implementation:
Public Class Service
Implements IService
Public Function GetStuff() As Class2(Of Class1) Implements IService.GetStuff
Dim results As Class2(Of Class1) = New Class2(Of Class1)
Dim oClass1 As New Class1
results.Test = "test"
oClass1.Test = "test"
results.Items = {oClass1}
Return results
End Function
End Class
In my service project I also have a Class1 which inherits from the shared class:
Public Class Class1
Inherits [Shared].Entities.Class1
End Class
My client code:
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim oEndpoint As New System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress(New Uri("net.tcp://localhost/service"), _
System.ServiceModel.EndpointIdentity.CreateUpnIdentity(""))
Dim oClient As New ServiceClient("IService", oEndpoint)
Dim oList As Class2(Of Class1) = oClient.GetStuff()
MessageBox.Show(oList.Test)
MessageBox.Show(oList.Items.Length.ToString)
End Sub
Public Class ServiceClient
Inherits System.ServiceModel.ClientBase(Of IService)
Implements IService
Public Sub New(ByVal endpointConfigurationName As String, _
ByVal endpoint As System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress)
MyBase.New(endpointConfigurationName, endpoint)
End Sub
Public Function GetStuff() As Class2(Of Class1) Implements IService.GetStuff
Dim oRet As Class2(Of Class1) = MyBase.Channel.GetStuff()
Return oRet
End Function
End Class
Running the button click results in two message boxes one with the string "Test" (expected) and one with the string 0 (I expected 1). As soon as I exclude the inherited Class1 from my service project it works as expected.
The thing is this project has been working for years like this and it is only when I recently made a change and rebuilt it that it has stopped working. How can I get this to work? Obviously in my real project, the Class1 in the service project contains some additional functionality I want to use.
