.NET XML Serialization and inheritance

Question

I have structure like this:

public interface A
{
    public void method();
}

public class B : A
{
}

public class C : A
{
}

List list;

Answer 1

You may try using DataContractSerializer:

public interface A
{
}

public class B : A
{
}

public class C : A
{
}

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        List list = new List(new A[] { new B(), new C() });
        var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(
            list.GetType(), new[] { typeof(B), typeof(C) });

        var sb = new StringBuilder();
        using (var stringWriter = new StringWriter(sb))
        using (var writer = XmlWriter.Create(stringWriter))
        {
            serializer.WriteObject(writer, list);
        }

        using (var stringReader = new StringReader(sb.ToString()))
        using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(stringReader))
        {
            list = (List)serializer.ReadObject(reader);
        }

    }
}