How to get constructor from server on client side in C#?

Question

On my client side, I want the default C# constructors from my WCF service C# classes. There reason we want to do this is to have the default values from the server side classes on the client side. From the searches I've done, there are 2 ways to go about this:

1. When I need a default instance of the object I make a server call that returns me the default instance
2. I create a client side C# class which inherits from the server side C# class and copy paste the constructor and use this constructor

Is either one of these the "better" option? or is this heavily dependent on how often I would need a new instance of the object?

EDIT: We tried using [System.Runtime.Serialization.OnDeserialized] seen here but it's not working. We are also not using the DataContract attribute in our class, we use ServiceKnownType instead

Answer 1

I think you can try using OnDeserializing attribute

[System.Runtime.Serialization.OnDeserializing]
private void OnDeserializing(StreamingContext ctx)
{
   // Here set your default values
}