Serialize a Bitmap in C#/.NET to XML

Question

I want to XML-Serialize a complex type (class), that has a property of type System.Drawing.Bitmap among others.

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Answer 1

Implement IXmlSerializable and then handle all the serialization details yourself.

Since you say it's a large type and you only have a problem with the bitmap consider doing something like this:

public class BitmapContainer : IXmlSerializable
{
    public BitmapContainer() { }

    public Bitmap Data { get; set; }

    public XmlSchema GetSchema()
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    public void ReadXml(XmlReader reader)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    public void WriteXml(XmlWriter writer)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}

public class TypeWithBitmap
{
    public BitmapContainer MyImage { get; set; }

    public string Name { get; set; }
}