Serializing private members with public Propery getter doesn't wor

[punkbot]

consider:

public class test
{
public string[] az;
public test()
{ az = new string[2]; az[0] = "0"; az[1] = "1";}
}

This will serialize just fine but:

public class test
{
private string[] az;
public string[] AZ
{
get { return az; }
}
public test()
{ az = new string[2]; az[0] = "0"; az[1] = "1";}
}

does not., no matter what Xml_xyz_Attribute tag I use either. Is this
possible?

[Sahil Malik]

Are you using XMLSerializer or BinaryFormatter?

- Sahil Malik
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik
"punkbot" <pu*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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consider:

public class test
{
public string[] az;
public test()
{ az = new string[2]; az[0] = "0"; az[1] = "1";}
}

This will serialize just fine but:

public class test
{
private string[] az;
public string[] AZ
{
get { return az; }
}
public test()
{ az = new string[2]; az[0] = "0"; az[1] = "1";}
}

does not., no matter what Xml_xyz_Attribute tag I use either. Is this
possible?

[punkbot]

XMLSerializer

"Sahil Malik" wrote:

Are you using XMLSerializer or BinaryFormatter?

- Sahil Malik
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik
"punkbot" <pu*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE**********************************@microsof t.com...

consider:

public class test
{
public string[] az;
public test()
{ az = new string[2]; az[0] = "0"; az[1] = "1";}
}

This will serialize just fine but:

public class test
{
private string[] az;
public string[] AZ
{
get { return az; }
}
public test()
{ az = new string[2]; az[0] = "0"; az[1] = "1";}
}

does not., no matter what Xml_xyz_Attribute tag I use either. Is this
possible?

[jasonkester]

Try:

public string[] AZ
{
get { return az; }
set { az = value; }
}

The serializer won't bother storing anything that can't roundtrip.
Once it sees that it can put AZ back where it found it, it will include
it in your XML.

Jason
http://www.expatsoftware.com/
Expat Software Consulting Services