Expecting state 'Element'.. Encountered 'Text' with name '', namespace ''

Question

I am using WCF - webHttpBinding to invoke a REST API (SQL Azure Management API)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg715274

The response is in the form of 

<ServerName>string</ServerName>

My Operation contract is as follows:

 [WebInvoke(Method="POST", UriTemplate=@"{subscriptionId}/servers")]
        ServerName CreateServer(string subscriptionId, CreateServerInput input);

My Data contracts are as follows:

   [DataContract(Name = "Server", Namespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlazure/2010/12/")]
    public class CreateServerInput : IExtensibleDataObject
    {
        [DataMember(Order = 1)]
        public string AdministratorLogin { get; set; }

        [DataMember(Order = 2)]
        public string AdministratorLoginPassword { get; set; }

        [DataMember(Order = 3)]
        public string Location { get; set; }


        public ExtensionDataObject ExtensionData { get; set; }
    }

    [DataContract(Name = "ServerName", Namespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlazure/2010/12/")]
    public class ServerName :  IExtensibleDataObject
    {
        //[DataMember(Name="")]
        //public string Text { get; set; }

        public ExtensionDataObject ExtensionData { get; set; }
    }

I am not sure how to represent the response - Servername as a Datacontract. As a result, I am getting a SerializationException with the message - Expecting state 'Element'.. Encountered 'Text' with name '', namespace ''

Any pointers on how to resolve this?

Answer 1

I am able to do this if I use XmlSerializerFormat, and use [XmlText] for the property Text within ServerName. 

I like to know if it is possible to do this using DataContractSerializer.