Entity sent to Webservice

Hi,

is something like this possible? Can I send model class to webservice and cast to Entity? I know I can't use unbound generic parameters in web method.

ASP.NET Webservice

        using SomeModelClass; // model

        [WebMethod]

        public void AddEntity(Entity e)

        {

            var uow = setup context;

            using (var db = uow.CreateUnitOfWork())

            {

                db.Add(e);

                db.SaveChanges();

            }

        }

WinForms 

            using SomeModelClass;

            var l = new SomeModel {Parm1 = "some data"};

            var db = new soap client;

            db.AddEntity(l);

Yes you could do this but you would also need to include [XmlInclude] attributes on your service method to detail each of the specific types you might be sending as the XmlSerializer needs specific typing information (WCF works the same way with its KnownType markup).

e.g.

[WebMethod]
[XmlInclude(typeof(SomeModel)), XmlInclude(typeof(SomeOtherModel))]

public void AddEntity(Entity e)