Serializing NameValuePairs

[INeedADip]

I need to store some sort of Name-Value collection in the Application State.

I keep trying different ones, but it errors out saying that they are not
serializable. Do I need to write my own or is there one in the Framework
that is serializable?

I've tried NameValueCollec tion, Dictionairy<str ing,string>,
StringDictionai ry, etc (you know...everythi ng that implements IDictionairy
and can't be serialized)

What type does everyone else use that can be serialized?

[John Murray]

Re: Serializing NameValuePairs

Objects that implement IDictionary are not serializable... .

Typically what I do is mark the field as not serializable and then
implement a property with a get/set that takes an array value, parses
each item into it's name/value component and inserts them into the
IDictionary based field.



INeedADip wrote:[color=blue]
> I need to store some sort of Name-Value collection in the Application State.
>
> I keep trying different ones, but it errors out saying that they are not
> serializable. Do I need to write my own or is there one in the Framework
> that is serializable?
>
> I've tried NameValueCollec tion, Dictionairy<str ing,string>,
> StringDictionai ry, etc (you know...everythi ng that implements IDictionairy
> and can't be serialized)
>
> What type does everyone else use that can be serialized?
>
>[/color]

[Steve Long]

Re: Serializing NameValuePairs

I just wrote my own collection that's serializable. It works sweet.

Steve

"INeedADip" <INeedADip@gmai l.com> wrote in message
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> I need to store some sort of Name-Value collection in the Application[/color]
State.[color=blue]
>
> I keep trying different ones, but it errors out saying that they are not
> serializable. Do I need to write my own or is there one in the Framework
> that is serializable?
>
> I've tried NameValueCollec tion, Dictionairy<str ing,string>,
> StringDictionai ry, etc (you know...everythi ng that implements IDictionairy
> and can't be serialized)
>
> What type does everyone else use that can be serialized?
>
>[/color]

[INeedADip]

Re: Serializing NameValuePairs

Could you give me a small example so I know where to start?

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Re: Serializing NameValuePairs

John,

This isn't completely true. Objects that implement IDictionary are not
XML serializable. Using regular serialization, they serialize just fine.


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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
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"John Murray" <jmurray@pluck. com> wrote in message
news:%23oNh1YfH GHA.2696@TK2MSF TNGP14.phx.gbl. ..[color=blue]
> Objects that implement IDictionary are not serializable... .
>
> Typically what I do is mark the field as not serializable and then
> implement a property with a get/set that takes an array value, parses each
> item into it's name/value component and inserts them into the IDictionary
> based field.
>
>
>
> INeedADip wrote:[color=green]
>> I need to store some sort of Name-Value collection in the Application
>> State.
>>
>> I keep trying different ones, but it errors out saying that they are not
>> serializable. Do I need to write my own or is there one in the Framework
>> that is serializable?
>>
>> I've tried NameValueCollec tion, Dictionairy<str ing,string>,
>> StringDictionai ry, etc (you know...everythi ng that implements
>> IDictionairy and can't be serialized)
>>
>> What type does everyone else use that can be serialized?[/color][/color]

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Re: Serializing NameValuePairs

Actually, the three classes that you mentioned are ALL serializable.
Are you sure it is these instances, or is it something else that you are
trying to store in the application state?



"INeedADip" <INeedADip@gmai l.com> wrote in message
news:eQUFRUfHGH A.1132@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>I need to store some sort of Name-Value collection in the Application
>State.
>
> I keep trying different ones, but it errors out saying that they are not
> serializable. Do I need to write my own or is there one in the Framework
> that is serializable?
>
> I've tried NameValueCollec tion, Dictionairy<str ing,string>,
> StringDictionai ry, etc (you know...everythi ng that implements IDictionairy
> and can't be serialized)
>
> What type does everyone else use that can be serialized?
>[/color]