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    copied!<p>I have been reading around but I have not come across a solution to my problem</p> <p>I am currently working with a Business Object that will hold all my data and we need to convert this object to and from XML.</p> <p>My object holds a list of Actions (List...), but there are 2 action types (for now). I have to action types SimpleAction and CompositeAction, and they both inherit from IAction allowing them to both be held in the Actions list.</p> <p>Now you can probably see the problem as Interfaces cannot be serialized as they hold no data. </p> <p>How, with maybe some sample code, do I write a Class or Serializer that gets that object type and performs then serializes object with the correct type?</p> <p>Some code:</p> <pre><code> [XmlArray("Actions")] public List&lt;IAction&gt; Actions { get; set; } public interface IAction { int ID { get; set; } ParameterCollection Parameters { get; set; } List&lt;SectionEntity&gt; Validation { get; set; } TestResultEntity Result { get; set; } string Exception { get; set; } } [XmlType("A")] public class SimpleActionEntity : IAction { #region IAction Members [XmlAttribute("ID")] public int ID { get; set; } [XmlIgnore] public ParameterCollection Parameters { get; set; } [XmlIgnore] public List&lt;SectionEntity&gt; Validation { get; set; } [XmlIgnore] public TestResultEntity Result { get; set; } [XmlElement("Exception")] public string Exception { get; set; } #endregion } </code></pre> <p>Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)</p>
 

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