ProtoBuf-Net ProtoInclude Generic Type Subclass

Question

I\'m having some problems with ProtoBuf-Net with a subclass of an object which inherits from a generic class.

My inheritance tree looks like this:

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Answer 1

I had the exact same problem, but rather than configuring all the types by hand, the method below seems to work for any type. Call it prior to serialization/deserialization.

private void PopulateTypes(Type t)
{
    foreach(object mt in RuntimeTypeModel.Default.GetTypes())
    {
        MetaType theType = mt as MetaType;
        if (null != theType)
        {
            if (theType.Type == t)
                return;
        }
    }

    Type objType = typeof (object);
    List inheritanceTree = new List();
    do
    {
        inheritanceTree.Insert(0, t);
        t = t.BaseType;
    } while (null != t && t != objType);

    if (!inheritanceTree.Any(gt => gt.IsGenericType))
        return;

    int n = 100;
    for (int i = 0; i < inheritanceTree.Count - 1; i++)
    {
        Type type = inheritanceTree[i];
        MetaType mt = RuntimeTypeModel.Default.Add(type, true);
        mt.AddSubType(n++, inheritanceTree[i + 1]);
    }
}