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POSolve a circular reference in WCF from my POCOs
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copied!<p>I have a couple of classes (for now) and I'm trying to clear up a circular reference between the two since it is killing WCF's serialization.</p> <p>I am using EF with POCOs in a WCF REST service is that helps. I have simplified my problem down to bare bones for an easy example here:</p> <pre><code>[ServiceContract] [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)] public class Groups { [WebGet(UriTemplate = "")] public Message GetCollection() { var message = new Message { Body = "Test message" }; var group = new Group { Title = "Title of group" }; message.Group = group; group.Messages = new List<Message> { message }; return message; } } public class Message { public string Body { get; set; } public Group Group { get; set; } } [DataContract(IsReference = true)] public class Group { public string Title { get; set; } public ICollection<Message> Messages { get; set; } } </code></pre> <p>I have added the <code>[DataContract(IsReference = true)]</code> to the Group class so that the circular reference is cleaned up however my returned results end up like this:</p> <pre><code><Message xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/LmApi" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <Body>Test message</Body> <Group z:Id="i1" xmlns:z="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/"/> </Message> </code></pre> <p>Where are the properties of the Group and how can I get them?</p>

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