GenericDictionary Sample

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Source

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace XmlSerializersTest.Samples
{
    [Title("Generic dictionary")]
    public class GenericDictionary
    {
        public Dictionary<int, string> Things { get; set; }
    }
}

Standard Serializer

System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting type 'XmlSerializersTest.Samples.GenericDictionary'. ---> System.NotSupportedException: Cannot serialize member XmlSerializersTest.Samples.GenericDictionary.Things of type System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[[System.Int32, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[System.String, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]], because it implements IDictionary.
   at System.Xml.Serialization.TypeScope.GetDefaultIndexer(Type type, String memberInfo)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.TypeScope.ImportTypeDesc(Type type, MemberInfo memberInfo, Boolean directReference)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.TypeScope.GetTypeDesc(Type type, MemberInfo source, Boolean directReference, Boolean throwOnError)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.StructModel.GetPropertyModel(PropertyInfo propertyInfo)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.StructModel.GetFieldModel(MemberInfo memberInfo)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionImporter.InitializeStructMembers(StructMapping mapping, StructModel model, Boolean openModel, String typeName, RecursionLimiter limiter)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionImporter.ImportStructLikeMapping(StructModel model, String ns, Boolean openModel, XmlAttributes a, RecursionLimiter limiter)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionImporter.ImportTypeMapping(TypeModel model, String ns, ImportContext context, String dataType, XmlAttributes a, Boolean repeats, Boolean openModel, RecursionLimiter limiter)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionImporter.ImportTypeMapping(TypeModel model, String ns, ImportContext context, String dataType, XmlAttributes a, Boolean repeats, Boolean openModel, RecursionLimiter limiter)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionImporter.ImportTypeMapping(TypeModel model, String ns, ImportContext context, String dataType, XmlAttributes a, RecursionLimiter limiter)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionImporter.ImportElement(TypeModel model, XmlRootAttribute root, String defaultNamespace, RecursionLimiter limiter)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlReflectionImporter.ImportTypeMapping(Type type, XmlRootAttribute root, String defaultNamespace)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer..ctor(Type type, String defaultNamespace)
   at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer..ctor(Type type)
   at XmlSerializersTest.Serializers.StandardXmlSerializer.Serialize(Object obj, XmlWriter writer) in C:\Ivan\dev\XmlSerializersTest\XmlSerializersTest\Serializers\StandardXmlSerializer.cs:line 13
   at XmlSerializersTest.SampleProcessor.SerializeToString(Object obj, IXmlSerializer serializer) in C:\Ivan\dev\XmlSerializersTest\XmlSerializersTest\SampleProcessor.cs:line 162
   at XmlSerializersTest.SampleProcessor.RecordSerializationResults(Object obj, IXmlSerializer serializer) in C:\Ivan\dev\XmlSerializersTest\XmlSerializersTest\SampleProcessor.cs:line 115

Deserialization skipped