GenericListXamlContent Sample

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Source

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace XmlSerializersTest.Samples
{
    [Title("Generic list with Content attribute")]
    public class GenericListXamlContent
    {
        [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)]
        public List<string> Strings { get; set; }
    }
}

Standard Serializer

<GenericListXamlContent>
  <Strings>
    <string>foo</string>
    <string>bar</string>
    <string>baz</string>
  </Strings>
</GenericListXamlContent>

XAML Serializer

System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot serialize a generic type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String]'.
   at System.Windows.Markup.Primitives.MarkupWriter.VerifyTypeIsSerializable(Type type)
   at System.Windows.Markup.Primitives.MarkupWriter.WriteItem(MarkupObject item, Scope scope)
   at System.Windows.Markup.Primitives.MarkupWriter.WriteItem(MarkupObject item, Scope scope)
   at System.Windows.Markup.Primitives.MarkupWriter.WriteItem(MarkupObject item)
   at System.Windows.Markup.Primitives.MarkupWriter.SaveAsXml(XmlWriter writer, MarkupObject item)
   at System.Windows.Markup.Primitives.MarkupWriter.SaveAsXml(XmlWriter writer, Object instance)
   at System.Windows.Markup.XamlWriter.Save(Object obj, XmlWriter xmlWriter)
   at XmlSerializersTest.Serializers.XamlSerializer.Serialize(Object obj, XmlWriter writer) in C:\Ivan\dev\XmlSerializersTest\XmlSerializersTest\Serializers\XamlSerializer.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

WCF Serializer

<GenericListXamlContent xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/XmlSerializersTest.Samples">
  <Strings xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
    <d2p1:string>foo</d2p1:string>
    <d2p1:string>bar</d2p1:string>
    <d2p1:string>baz</d2p1:string>
  </Strings>
</GenericListXamlContent>

WCF-ref Serializer

<GenericListXamlContent xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" z:Id="1" xmlns:z="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/XmlSerializersTest.Samples">
  <Strings xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays" z:Id="2" z:Size="3">
    <d2p1:string z:Id="3">foo</d2p1:string>
    <d2p1:string z:Id="4">bar</d2p1:string>
    <d2p1:string z:Id="5">baz</d2p1:string>
  </Strings>
</GenericListXamlContent>