But IDictionary derives from ICollection! So by definition, anything that implements IDictionary also implements ICollection.
Or are you saying that it looks specifically for IDictionary and avoids serializing anything that implements it? (I.e. that it will only serialize collections that implement ICollection but not IDictionary?) -- Ian Griffiths DevelopMentor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The XmlSerializer will not touch anything that implements IDictionary, it > only serializes collections implementing ICollection or IList. Thus you > can't just derive a class because the derived class implements IDictionary. > > You have to write a wrapper class with some public properties to access the > contents of the Hashtable for the XmlSerializer to handle it. > > Let me know if you need more info. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rolls, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > http://discuss.develop.com/archives/wa.exe?A2=ind0201C&L=DOTNET&P=R1973&m=39 > > 477 > > > > Ivan mentioned writing a wrapper class and adding the Add method? I'm not > > exactly sure what I need to do? anybody like to explain in simple English. > > Could you not derive from Hastable and add an interface that would sort > > the problem out? You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
