Serializing types

[JCDenton]

Attempting to serialize all the type information contained in an assembly. To test my code I'm using a SharpDevelop assembly. However, when running:

 

StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
XmlSerializer XmlSer = new XmlSerializer(typeof (Type[]));
XmlSer.Serialize(sw, TargetAss.GetTypes());

 

The code breaks with error

{"There was an error generating the XML document."}

{"Cannot serialize interface ICSharpCode.SharpDevelop.Gui.ICanBeDirty."}

 

Why would it try to serialize interface ICanBeDirty ? All I need of the Type is MethodInfo, properties, etc.

 

Thanks all

[MrPaul]

Cannot serialize types in XML

 

This is a quirk of XML serialization - it cannot serialize types. Just try and serialize any type using the XmlSerializer and you will get an exception of some sort.

 

The only solution is to represent each type in some other form (e.g. string), or use a different serialization formatter.

 

Good luck :cool: