I have a base class that I use in WCF service calls,
[KnownType(typeof(MyDerivedClass))]
public abstract class MyBaseClass {
//some properties
}
I derive from it and every time I derive I have to add the [KnownType(typeof(MyDerivedClass))]
attribute and every time I do I violate the Open/Closed principle. Is there anyway to derive classes like this for use in WCF and not have to add attributes to the parent class each time?
You can use a static method which will return known types :
Now create a static class KnownTypesHelper that will return an array of known types (by scanning assemblies to find implementations of base class for example...)