When to decorate a method with

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when i work with jquery to call page method then i always decorate my method like

C#

[WebMethod]
   public static string GetItems()
   {

      //here will be my code

   }

so i want to know when i need to decorate my method like

C#

[WebMethod]
[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]
        public static string GetItems()
        {

           //here will be my code

        }

please show me the importance of ScriptMethod with sample code when it is mandatory. thanks

Posted 12-Aug-11 3:22am

Tridip Bhattacharjee

Updated 12-Aug-11 3:24am

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TheyCallMeMrJames · Answer 1 · 2011-08-12T03:31:00

You can choose what's used (verbwise, GET/POST etc) as well as the response format (JSON/XML etc) with ScriptMethod.

Here's more:
ScriptMethod on MSDN[^]

WebMethod was traditionally used with web services so that clients would be able to call them via script. I have used it to return simple values and XML. JSON is a different beast, a gentler, kinder, lightweight beast that is fun to snuggle with. See here[^] for details.

Cheers.