Serializing an object

[matthewking]

Hi all,

I have a serializable class 'A', which holds an arraylist.
I add an instance of serializable class 'B' to this arraylist, then attempt to serialize class A using binary formatter, but at that point it dies. I've run it through the debugger and it just stops at the serialization statement, and doesn't complete the statement after.

Both serialization classes are under the same namespace, in the same assembly.

Any ideas on why its not working or what I have to do to make it work?

Thanks,

Matt.

 

[Cheiron]

It sure sounds like a cycle exists somewhere, which would only be possible if you are doing manual serialization. When you say the classes A & B are serializable, do you mean that they have marked them with the [Serializable] attribute, or did you do more than that (using ISerializable etc.)

 

[chiph]

The .NET serialization doesn't recurse through the member variables (like when it's an arraylist). You'll have to manually serialize this class.

Chip H.

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