Consider the following simple class:
<Serializable()> _
Public Class SimpleClass
Private m_AString As String
Private m_AByteArray As Byte()
Public Property AString() As String
. . .
End Property
Public Property AByteArray() As Byte()
. . .
End Property
End Class
I can use xml serialization to serialize an instance of this class to a
file. Works fine. Now I want to make it a little more complex like the
following two classes:
<Serializable()> _
Public Class DataFile
Private m_FileName As String
Private m_FileData As Byte()
Public Property FileName() As String
. . .
End Property
Public Property FileData() As Byte()
. . .
End Property
End Class
<Serializable()> _
Public Class ComplexClass
Private m_AString As String
'An array of DataFile objects
Private m_aDataFiles As DataFile()
Public Property AString() As String
. . .
End Property
Public Property DataFiles() As DataFile()
. . .
End Property
End Class
When I try to serialize an instance of the ComplexClass, I get an
exception:
"There was an exception reflecting type 'Complex Class'
Here is the code I use to serialize the object. The exception occurs on
the line indicated:
Private Sub Button1_Click(...) Handles Button1.Click
Dim oTest As New ComplexClass
oTest.AString = "One"
ReDim oTest.DataFiles(1)
oTest.DataFiles(0) = New DataFile("c:\test\testme.en.wav")
oTest.DataFiles(1) = New DataFile("c:\test\my recording.en.wav")
Dim fs As New FileStream("c:\Complex.xml", FileMode.Create)
'**** ERROR OCCURS ON FOLLOWING LINE ****
Dim xs As New XmlSerializer(GetType(ComplexClass))
xs.Serialize(fs, oTest)
End Sub
Is it possible to do what I want?
Thanks,
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Chris
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