asp.net - my web servie returns a list<myStruct> but the values dissapear? -

i have web service function returns list 6 entries, uses custom struct. reference updates on client side project, list returned, while having correct number of entries, has data fields not listed , replaced 1 called "propertychanged" null.

my guess i'm missing serialize properly, here's code:

struct:

 public struct treedata {     private readonly string text;     private readonly string parent;     private string val;      public treedata(string text, string parent)     {         this.text = text;         this.parent = parent;         this.val = "";     }      public treedata(string text, string parent, string value)     {         this.text = text;         this.parent = parent;         this.val = value;     }       [xmltext()] public string text { { return text; } }     [xmltext()] public string parent { { return parent; } }     [xmltext()] public string value { { return val; } }  } 

the web method (simplified):

 [system.xml.serialization.xmlinclude(typeof(treedata))]     [webmethod]     public list<treedata> getlist()     {        list<treedata> mylist = new list<treedata>();        mylist.add(new treedata("one", "two"));          return mylist;     } 

client-side function:

  protected void page_load(object sender, eventargs e)     {         username = session["username"].tostring();           using (servicereference1.service1soapclient myservice = new servicereference1.service1soapclient())         {             demogs = userinfo[0];             agencies = userinfo[1];              list<treedata> treenodes =  myservice.loadsites( demogs, agencies, true).tolist();               datatable table = myservice.gettable();             mygrid.datasource = table;             mygrid.databind();           }     } 

so right before webmethod returns, list looks correct:

        mylist count = 3         [0] parent= "one" text = "two" value = "three"         [1] parent= "1" text = "2" value = "3"         [2] parent= "a" text = "b" value = "c" 

after returning , assigning treenodes looks like:

     treenodes count = 3      [0] propertychanged = null;      [1] propertychanged = null;      [2] propertychanged = null; 

i think might confusing serialization attributes. if you're using wcf webservices might need use datacontract , datamember attributes specify members of struct should included.