Hi,

The setup:

class Item
{
    private int _value;

    public Item()
    {
        _value = 0;
    }

    public int Value { get { return _value; } set { _value = value; } }
}

class ItemCollection : Collection<Item>
{
    private string _name;

    public ItemCollection()
    {
        _name = string.Empty;
    }

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

Now, trying to serialize using the following code fragment:

ItemCollection items = new ItemCollection();

...

XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ItemCollection));
using (FileStream f = File.Create(fileName))
    serializer.Serialize(f, items);

Upon looking at the resulting XML I see that the ItemCollection.Name value is not there!

I think what may be happening is that the serializer sees the ItemCollection type as a simple Collection thus ignoring any other added properties...

Is there anyone having encountered such a problem and found a solution?

Regards,

Stécy