.NET Serialization Ordering

Question

I am trying to serialize some objects using XmlSerializer and inheritance but I am having some problems with ordering the outcome.

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Answer 1

It looks like the XmlSerializer class serializes the base type and then derived types in that order and is only respecting the Order property within each class individually. Even though the order is not totally what you want, it should still Deserialize properly. If you really must have the order just like that you will need to write a custom xml serializer. I would caution against that beacuse the .NET XmlSerializer does a lot of special handling for you. Can you describe why you need things in the order you mention?