How to Serialize a Class with a Dictionary Member in C#?

C# class serialization containing dictionary members

When trying to serialize a class that contains dictionary members, an error message similar to "Unable to serialize member App.Configfile.mappedDrives" may appear. Although dictionaries can be serialized, this problem may still occur.

To solve this problem, you may consider using the XML serializable generic dictionary solution provided by Paul Welter's Weblog. Generic dictionaries in .NET 2.0 are not XML serializable. Welter's code snippet provides a solution, implementing the IXmlSerializable interface to make the dictionary serializable.

Here is the code provided:

<code class="language-csharp">[XmlRoot("dictionary")]
public class SerializableDictionary<TKey, TValue> : Dictionary<TKey, TValue>, IXmlSerializable
{
    // ...
}</code>

By implementing the ReadXml and WriteXml methods, this custom dictionary class can serialize and deserialize key-value pairs. This custom dictionary can be used to replace the standard dictionary in the ConfigFile class to solve serialization problems.

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