ServiceStack Dto ServiceModel IncludeTypes

[Cynicszm]

Hi,

I’m trying to understand how to use IncludeTypes when using a TypeScript reference.

If I’m reading the documentation correctly I should be able to use IncludeTypes: in the Options: section to include a specfic type or namespace (including wildcard). I would like to include some types which are not directly used by services.

namespace ServiceModel.SomeNameSpace{
    public class TestClass
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }
}

If I use TestClass directly in a Service then IncludeTypes: TestClass or Include: ServiceModel.SomeNameSpace/* works as expected.

If, however TestClass is not used directly in a Service then IncludeTypes returns nothing.

Is there a way of specifying a namespace where the classes should be generated as dto’s?

I have a use case where I have inheritance (which I’ve tried to avoid whenever possible) and the derived classes are not being generated as DTO’s so I would like to force the DTO generation.

Thanks,
John

[mythz]

@Cynicszm

I would like to include some types which are not directly used by services.

Only DTO’s that are part of the Service Contract gets generated, if you want to include other types add a holder or Dummy Types DTO with all the other Types you want generated for this purpose.

Typescript generation of dto's

It’s extremely important that the Add ServiceStack Reference feature only publishes services included in the Service Contract and not pollute the generated Types with internal system types or unrelated types. It’s very easy for the type count to explode if we included all types in ServiceModel and all types it references. There is an easy workaround for the few times you want to publish types outside your Service contract, create a DTO holder, call it something that represents your use-case lik…

[Cynicszm]

That works, thanks - appreciate the link.