XmlSerializer - There was an error reflecting type

Question

Using C# .NET 2.0, I have a composite data class that does have the [Serializable] attribute on it. I am creating an XMLSerializer class and passi

Answer 1

I had a similar problem, and it turned out that the serializer could not distinguish between 2 classes I had with the same name (one was a subclass of the other). The inner exception looked like this:

'Types BaseNamespace.Class1' and 'BaseNamespace.SubNamespace.Class1' both use the XML type name, 'Class1', from namespace ''. Use XML attributes to specify a unique XML name and/or namespace for the type.

Where BaseNamespace.SubNamespace.Class1 is a subclass of BaseNamespace.Class1.

What I needed to do was add an attribute to one of the classes (I added to the base class):

[XmlType("BaseNamespace.Class1")]

Note: If you have more layers of classes you need to add an attribute to them as well.