c# inheriting generic collection and serialization

Question

The setup:

class Item
{
    private int _value;

    public Item()
    {
        _value = 0;
    }

    public int Value { get { return _value; } set { _valu         


        

Answer 1

This behavior is "By Design". When deriving from a collection class the Xml Seralizier will only serialize the collection elements. To work around this you should create a class that encapsulates the collection and the name and have that serialized.

class Wrapper
{
    private Collection _items;
    private string _name;

    public Collection Items { get {return _items; } set { _items = value; } }
    public string Name { get { return _name; } set { _name = value; } }
}

A detailed discussion is available here: http://blogs.vertigo.com/personal/chris/Blog/archive/2008/02/01/xml-serializing-a-derived-collection.aspx