I am using SOA architechture in my project.

In this i ampassing an object as a parameter for every web method call.

I do have many property in this object, using this i am passing all type of data.

Here in this classi need to have Dictionary property. It is giving the error message saying not able to Serialize.

Is there any way to serialize Dictionary?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnexxml/html/xml01202003.asp

Q: Why can't I serialize hashtables?

A: The XmlSerializer cannot process classes implementing the IDictionary interface. This was partly due to schedule constraints and partly due to the fact that a hashtable does not have a counterpart in the XSD type system. The only solution is to implement a custom hashtable that does not implement the IDictionary interface.

I had a similar issue. I inherted from Dictionary and IXmlSerializable.

[Serializable]
public class MyDictionary<T, V> : Dictionary<T, V>, IXmlSerializable
{
public MyDictionary()
{
}

void IXmlSerializable.WriteXml(XmlWriter w)
{
}

void IXmlSerializable.ReadXml(XmlReader r)
{
}

}

Once you run it through the serializer, the WriteXML and ReadXML will invoke and there you write your own xml to support your structure...

Ralph Krausse

www.consiliumsoft.com

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnexxml/html/xml01202003.asp

Q: Why can't I serialize hashtables?

A: The XmlSerializer cannot process classes implementing the IDictionary interface. This was partly due to schedule constraints and partly due to the fact that a hashtable does not have a counterpart in the XSD type system. The only solution is to implement a custom hashtable that does not implement the IDictionary interface.

I had a similar issue. I inherted from Dictionary and IXmlSerializable.

[Serializable]
public class MyDictionary<T, V> : Dictionary<T, V>, IXmlSerializable
{
public MyDictionary()
{
}

void IXmlSerializable.WriteXml(XmlWriter w)
{
}

void IXmlSerializable.ReadXml(XmlReader r)
{
}

}

Once you run it through the serializer, the WriteXML and ReadXML will invoke and there you write your own xml to support your structure...

Ralph Krausse

www.consiliumsoft.com