Problem with serialization of DefaultValueAttribute

[vthakur]

Hello:

I have generated a c# proxy (client) from the WSDL. One of the class has a
defaultValueAtribute. Like so:

public class PersonInformationLoadRequest {
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string DataSource;

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string Sequence;

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DefaultValueAttribute("Load" )]
public string Action = "Load";
}

When this class gets serialized to XML request, the attribute of the element
is not set, even after explicitly setting it in the code. Like so:

PersonInformationLoadRequest request = new PersonInformationLoadRequest ();
request.Action = "Load";
request.DataSource = "foo";
request.Sequence = "1";

The XML captured on the SoapTrace looks something like this:
<PersonInformationLoadRequest DataSource="foo" Sequence="1"/>

As you notice the Action attribute did not get set, even after explicitly
setting it in code. Any suggestions what might be going wrong are greatly
appreciated.

Thanks

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VT