How do I solve this error error while trying to deserialize parameter

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I have a web service that is working fine in one environment but not in another   The web service gets document meta data from SharePoint  it running on a server where I cant debug but with logging I confirmed that the method enters and exits successfully   What could be the reason for the errors   The error message is   The formatter threw an exception while trying to deserialize the message    There was an error while trying to deserialize parameter http   CompanyName com au ProjectName GetDocumentMetaDataResponse    The InnerException message was  Error in line 1 position 388   Element   CustomFields  from namespace  http   CompanyName com au ProjectName  is not expected    Expecting element  Id      Please see InnerException for more details    The InnerException was  System ServiceModel Dispatcher NetDispatcherFaultException was caught   Message  The formatter threw an exception while trying to deserialize the message   There was an error while trying to deserialize parameter http   CompanyName com au ProjectName GetDocumentMetaDataResponse    The InnerException message was    Error in line 1 position 388    Element   CustomFields   from namespace  http   CompanyName com au ProjectName  is not expected   Expecting element  Id      Please see InnerException for more details        Source  mscorlib    Action  http   schemas microsoft com net 2005 12 windowscommunicationfoundation dispatcher fault    StackTrace      Server stack trace          at System ServiceModel Dispatcher DataContractSerializerOperationFormatter DeserializeParameterPart XmlDictionaryReader reader  PartInfo part  Boolean isRequest         at System ServiceModel Dispatcher DataContractSerializerOperationFormatter DeserializeParameter XmlDictionaryReader reader  PartInfo part  Boolean isRequest         at System ServiceModel Dispatcher DataContractSerializerOperationFormatter DeserializeParameters XmlDictionaryReader reader  PartInfo   parts  Object   parameters  Boolean isRequest         at System ServiceModel Dispatcher DataContractSerializerOperationFormatter DeserializeBody XmlDictionaryReader reader  MessageVersion version  String action  MessageDescription messageDescription  Object   parameters  Boolean isRequest         at System ServiceModel Dispatcher OperationFormatter DeserializeBodyContents Message message  Object   parameters  Boolean isRequest         at System ServiceModel Dispatcher OperationFormatter DeserializeReply Message message  Object   parameters         at System ServiceModel Dispatcher ProxyOperationRuntime AfterReply ProxyRpc amp  rpc         at System ServiceModel Channels ServiceChannel HandleReply ProxyOperationRuntime operation  ProxyRpc amp  rpc         at System ServiceModel Channels ServiceChannel Call String action  Boolean oneway  ProxyOperationRuntime operation  Object   ins  Object   outs  TimeSpan timeout         at System ServiceModel Channels ServiceChannel Call String action  Boolean oneway  ProxyOperationRuntime operation  Object   ins  Object   outs         at System ServiceModel Channels ServiceChannelProxy InvokeService IMethodCallMessage methodCall  ProxyOperationRuntime operation         at System ServiceModel Channels ServiceChannelProxy Invoke IMessage message      Exception rethrown at  0           at System Runtime Remoting Proxies RealProxy HandleReturnMessage IMessage reqMsg  IMessage retMsg         at System Runtime Remoting Proxies RealProxy PrivateInvoke MessageData amp  msgData  Int32 type         at CompanyName ProjectName External Sharepoint WebServiceProxies SharepointProjectNameSiteService ProjectNameSiteSoap GetDocumentMetaData GetDocumentMetaDataRequest request         at CompanyName ProjectName External Sharepoint WebServiceProxies SharepointProjectNameSiteService ProjectNameSiteSoapClient CompanyName ProjectName External Sharepoint WebServiceProxies SharepointProjectNameSiteService ProjectNameSiteSoap GetDocumentMetaData GetDocumentMetaDataRequest request  in D  Source TFSRoot ProjectName trunk CodeBase External CompanyName ProjectName External Sharepoint WebServiceProxies Service References SharepointProjectNameSiteService Reference cs line 2141        at CompanyName ProjectName External Sharepoint WebServiceProxies SharepointProjectNameSiteService ProjectNameSiteSoapClient GetDocumentMetaData ListSummaryDto listSummary  FileCriteriaDto criteria  List 1 customFields  in D  Source TFSRoot ProjectName trunk CodeBase External CompanyName ProjectName External Sharepoint WebServiceProxies Service References SharepointProjectNameSiteService Reference cs line 2150        at CompanyName ProjectName Services Shared SharepointAdapter GetDocumentMetaData ListSummaryDto listSummary  FileCriteriaDto criteria  List 1 customFields  in D  Source TFSRoot ProjectName trunk CodeBase Services CompanyName ProjectName Services Shared SharepointAdapter cs line 260        at CompanyName ProjectName Services Project ProjectDocumentService SetSharepointDocumentData List 1 sourceDocuments  in D  Source TFSRoot ProjectName trunk CodeBase Services CompanyName ProjectName Services Project ProjectDocumentService cs line 1963        at CompanyName ProjectName Services Project ProjectDocumentService GetProjectConversionDocumentsImplementation Int32 projectId  in D  Source TFSRoot ProjectName trunk CodeBase Services CompanyName ProjectName Services Project ProjectDocumentService cs line 3212   InnerException  System Runtime Serialization SerializationException        Message  Error in line 1 position 388   Element   CustomFields  from namespace  http   CompanyName com au ProjectName  is not expected  Expecting element  Id           Source  System Runtime Serialization         StackTrace              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext ThrowRequiredMemberMissingException XmlReaderDelegator xmlReader  Int32 memberIndex  Int32 requiredIndex  XmlDictionaryString   memberNames              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext GetMemberIndexWithRequiredMembers XmlReaderDelegator xmlReader  XmlDictionaryString   memberNames  XmlDictionaryString   memberNamespaces  Int32 memberIndex  Int32 requiredIndex  ExtensionDataObject extensionData              at ReadFileMetaDataDtoFromXml XmlReaderDelegator   XmlObjectSerializerReadContext   XmlDictionaryString     XmlDictionaryString                 at System Runtime Serialization ClassDataContract ReadXmlValue XmlReaderDelegator xmlReader  XmlObjectSerializerReadContext context              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext ReadDataContractValue DataContract dataContract  XmlReaderDelegator reader              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext InternalDeserialize XmlReaderDelegator reader  String name  String ns  DataContract amp  dataContract              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext InternalDeserialize XmlReaderDelegator xmlReader  Int32 id  RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle  String name  String ns              at ReadArrayOfFileMetaDataDtoFromXml XmlReaderDelegator   XmlObjectSerializerReadContext   XmlDictionaryString   XmlDictionaryString   CollectionDataContract               at System Runtime Serialization CollectionDataContract ReadXmlValue XmlReaderDelegator xmlReader  XmlObjectSerializerReadContext context              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext ReadDataContractValue DataContract dataContract  XmlReaderDelegator reader              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext InternalDeserialize XmlReaderDelegator reader  String name  String ns  DataContract amp  dataContract              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext InternalDeserialize XmlReaderDelegator xmlReader  Int32 id  RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle  String name  String ns              at ReadMetaDataSearchResultsDtoFromXml XmlReaderDelegator   XmlObjectSerializerReadContext   XmlDictionaryString     XmlDictionaryString                 at System Runtime Serialization ClassDataContract ReadXmlValue XmlReaderDelegator xmlReader  XmlObjectSerializerReadContext context              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext ReadDataContractValue DataContract dataContract  XmlReaderDelegator reader              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext InternalDeserialize XmlReaderDelegator reader  String name  String ns  DataContract amp  dataContract              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext InternalDeserialize XmlReaderDelegator xmlReader  Int32 id  RuntimeTypeHandle declaredTypeHandle  String name  String ns              at ReadGetDocumentMetaDataResponseBodyFromXml XmlReaderDelegator   XmlObjectSerializerReadContext   XmlDictionaryString     XmlDictionaryString                 at System Runtime Serialization ClassDataContract ReadXmlValue XmlReaderDelegator xmlReader  XmlObjectSerializerReadContext context              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext ReadDataContractValue DataContract dataContract  XmlReaderDelegator reader              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext InternalDeserialize XmlReaderDelegator reader  String name  String ns  DataContract amp  dataContract              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializerReadContext InternalDeserialize XmlReaderDelegator xmlReader  Type declaredType  DataContract dataContract  String name  String ns              at System Runtime Serialization DataContractSerializer InternalReadObject XmlReaderDelegator xmlReader  Boolean verifyObjectName              at System Runtime Serialization XmlObjectSerializer ReadObjectHandleExceptions XmlReaderDelegator reader  Boolean verifyObjectName              at System Runtime Serialization DataContractSerializer ReadObject XmlDictionaryReader reader  Boolean verifyObjectName              at System ServiceModel Dispatcher DataContractSerializerOperationFormatter DeserializeParameterPart XmlDictionaryReader reader  PartInfo part  Boolean isRequest         InnerException

User · Answer

In our case the problem was that we change the default root namespace name.

Project Configuration screen

This is the Project Configuration screen

We finally decided to back to the original name and the problem was solved.

The problem actually was the dots in the Root namespace. With two dots (Name.Child.Child) it doesnt work. But with one (Name.ChidChild) works.

User · Answer

Are you sure your web service is deployed correctly to the enviornment that is NOT working   Looks like the type is out of date

User · Answer

I found the actual solution   There is a problem in invoking your service from the client   check the following things     Make sure all  datacontract    datamember  attribute are placed properly  i e  make sure WCF is error free  The WCF client  either web config or any window app config  make sure config entries are properly pointing to the right ones   binding info  url of the service  etc  etc    Then above problem   tempuri issue is resolved   it has nothing to do with namespace   though you are sure you lived with default    Hope it saves your  number of hours

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This is happening because the web-service relies on using XmlSerializer to convert the wsdl among other things to XML  which doesn t support mixed-mode properties  like these   public string strThing   get  private set      See  http   msdn microsoft com en-us library ms978420 aspx  More information  http   www geekscrapbook com 2010 03 06 serializing-data-with-system-runtime-serialization-datacontractserializer

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In my case  my WCF service function was using List lt byte gt  Types parameter and i was getting this exception in the client side  Then i changed it to byte   Types  updated service reference and problem is solved

User · Answer

Make sure that the table you are returning has a schema  If not  then create a default schema  i e  add a column in that table

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I have a solution for this but not sure on the reason why this would be different from one environment to the other - although one big difference between the two environments is WSS svc pack 1 was installed on the environment where the error was occurring   To fix this issue I got a good clue from this link - http   silverlight net forums t 22787 aspx ie to  please check the Xml Schema of your service  and  the sequence in the schema is sorted alphabetically   Looking at the wsdl generated I noticed that for the serialized class that was causing the error  the properties of this class were not visible in the wsdl   The Definition of the class had private setters for most of the properties  but not for CustomFields property ie     Serializable  public class FileMetaDataDto               a constructor      etc and several other properties edited for brevity             public int Id   get  private set        public string Version   get  private set        public List lt MetaDataValueDto gt  CustomFields   get  set         On removing private from the setter and redeploying the service then looking at the wsdl again  these properties were now visible  and the original error was fixed   So the wsdl before update was  -  lt s complexType name  ArrayOfFileMetaDataDto  gt  -  lt s sequence gt     lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  unbounded  name  FileMetaDataDto  nillable  true  type  tns FileMetaDataDto    gt      lt  s sequence gt     lt  s complexType gt  -  lt s complexType name  FileMetaDataDto  gt  -  lt s sequence gt     lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  CustomFields  type  tns ArrayOfMetaDataValueDto    gt      lt  s sequence gt     lt  s complexType gt    The wsdl after update was  -  lt s complexType name  ArrayOfFileMetaDataDto  gt  -  lt s sequence gt     lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  unbounded  name  FileMetaDataDto  nillable  true  type  tns FileMetaDataDto    gt      lt  s sequence gt     lt  s complexType gt  -  lt s complexType name  FileMetaDataDto  gt  -  lt s sequence gt     lt s element minOccurs  1  maxOccurs  1  name  Id  type  s int    gt      lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  Name  type  s string    gt      lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  Title  type  s string    gt      lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  ContentType  type  s string    gt      lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  Icon  type  s string    gt      lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  ModifiedBy  type  s string    gt      lt s element minOccurs  1  maxOccurs  1  name  ModifiedDateTime  type  s dateTime    gt      lt s element minOccurs  1  maxOccurs  1  name  FileSizeBytes  type  s int    gt      lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  Url  type  s string    gt      lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  RelativeFolderPath  type  s string    gt      lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  DisplayVersion  type  s string    gt      lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  Version  type  s string    gt      lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  CustomFields  type  tns ArrayOfMetaDataValueDto    gt      lt s element minOccurs  0  maxOccurs  1  name  CheckoutBy  type  s string    gt      lt  s sequence gt     lt  s complexType gt

User · Answer

Do you have this namespace setup   You will have to ensure that this namespace matches the message namespace   If you can update your question with the xml input and possibly your data object that would be helpful    DataContract Namespace    http   CompanyName com au ProjectName    public class CustomFields

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