Hiya Keith, You could possibly serialize the InnerList ArrayList instead and then re-insert using the AddRange(ICollection) method on de-serialization. That should work fine unless you have a particular attachment to the List IList property.
---------------------------------------- - Mitch Denny - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - +61 (414) 610-141 - -----Original Message----- From: The DOTNET list will be retired 7/1/02 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Keith Franklin Sent: Tuesday, 11 June 2002 10:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DOTNET] ISerializable and CollectionBase Hi All, Been exploring a technique that utilizes CollectionBase. Because of a need I need to use manual Serialization and ISerializable rather then simply the Serializable attribute. Now the collection (The internal list) normally serializes no problem with serializable attribute. But with ISerializable I need to use special constructor and the GetObjectData method of ISerializable interface to control the serialization and deserialization process. So I have a constructor like the following one: public AbstractDataBindingCollection(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) { BinaryFormatter listDeSerializer = new BinaryFormatter(); MemoryStream listStream; listStream = (MemoryStream)info.GetValue("list",listStream.GetType()); this.List= (IList)listDeSerializer.Deserialize(listStream); } This does not compile because this.List is not writable it is a read only property. The corresponding GetObjectData compiles: public virtual void GetObjectData(System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo info, System.Runtime.Serialization.StreamingContext context) { BinaryFormatter listSerializer = new BinaryFormatter(); MemoryStream listStream = new MemoryStream(); listSerializer.Serialize(listStream,this.List); info.AddValue("list",listStream); } The alternative that I know of works but I don't like it. The alternative that I have working is to enumerate through the list and add all of the individual items and then in the constructor rebuild the list. Anyone else have a better way of doing this. Keith A Franklin Chief Software Architect Empowered Software Solutions Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Ecommerce Solutions www.empowered.com You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
