Serializing a StringBuilder

[Chris Dunaway]

I have a simple class with a StringBuilder as a property. When I
serialize it, I get this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TestMe>
<AStringBuilder>
<Capacity>32</Capacity>
<Length>25</Length>
</AStringBuilder>
</TestMe>

It serializes the StringBuilder but without its contents. Is there a
way to specify that the contents of the StringBuilder be serialized?

[Martin Honnen]

Chris Dunaway wrote:

I have a simple class with a StringBuilder as a property. When I
serialize it, I get this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TestMe>
<AStringBuilder>
<Capacity>32</Capacity>
<Length>25</Length>
</AStringBuilder>
</TestMe>

It serializes the StringBuilder but without its contents. Is there a
way to specify that the contents of the StringBuilder be serialized?

XML serialization (in .NET) serializes the public properties of an
object, as there is no public property for the contents of a
StringBuilder I don't think XML serialization is able to store serialize
the contents.

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Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
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