Error - is not marked as serializable

Question

The error I\'m getting is:

Type \'OrgPermission\' in Assembly \'App_Code.ptjvczom, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null\' is not marked as s         


        

Answer 1

You need to add a Serializable attribute to the class which you want to serialize.

[Serializable]
public class OrgPermission

Answer 2

Leaving my specific solution of this for prosperity, as it's a tricky version of this problem:

Type 'System.Linq.Enumerable+WhereSelectArrayIterator[T...] was not marked as serializable

Due to a class with an attribute IEnumerable<int> eg:

[Serializable]
class MySessionData{
    public int ID;
    public IEnumerable<int> RelatedIDs; //This can be an issue
}

Originally the problem instance of MySessionData was set from a non-serializable list:

MySessionData instance = new MySessionData(){ 
    ID = 123,
    RelatedIDs = nonSerizableList.Select<int>(item => item.ID)
};

The cause here is the concrete class that the Select<int>(...) returns, has type data that's not serializable, and you need to copy the id's to a fresh List<int> to resolve it.

RelatedIDs = nonSerizableList.Select<int>(item => item.ID).ToList();

Answer 3

If you store an object in session state, that object must be serializable.

http://www.hpenterprisesecurity.com/vulncat/en/vulncat/dotnet/asp_dotnet_bad_practices_non_serializable_object_stored_in_session.html

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edit:

In order for the session to be serialized correctly, all objects the application stores as session attributes must declare the [Serializable] attribute. Additionally, if the object requires custom serialization methods, it must also implement the ISerializable interface.

https://vulncat.hpefod.com/en/detail?id=desc.structural.dotnet.asp_dotnet_bad_practices_non_serializable_object_stored_in_session#C%23%2fVB.NET%2fASP.NET