Variable name with hyphen / dash

[Matty J]

Hi
Is it possible to put a hyphen in a variable name?

I'm creating a DataContract for a WCF service and ideally I would like
the output XML to have hyphens in the variable names. Is there any way
to do this?

Thanks
Matt

 

[Family Tree Mike]

I do not believe any languages allow for a dash in the variable name (vb or
c#, at least). You can however customize the xml storage in any way you
would like.

 

[Matty J]

Thanks Family Tree Mike
I'm not sure exactly where I can introduce the hyphens in to the XML -
any suggestions?
Cheers
Matt

 

[Family Tree Mike]

I believe this page shows custom serialization which you want. You should be
able to put dashes in the custmized element names.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733901.aspx

Hope this helps.