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    copied!<p>I am trying to serialize a <code>ItemTransaction</code> and protobuf-net (r282) is having a problem. </p> <pre><code>ItemTransaction : IEnumerable&lt;KeyValuePair&lt;Type, IItemCollection&gt;&gt;&lt;/code&gt; </code></pre> <p>and ItemCollection is like this:</p> <pre><code>FooCollection : ItemCollection&lt;Foo&gt; ItemCollection&lt;T&gt; : BindingList&lt;T&gt;, IItemCollection IItemCollection : IList&lt;Item&gt; </code></pre> <p>where T is a derived type of Item. ItemCollection also has a property of type IItemCollection.</p> <p>I am serializing like this:</p> <pre><code>IItemCollection itemCol = someService.Blah(...); ... SerializeWithLengthPrefix&lt;IItemCollection&gt;(stream, itemCol, PrefixStyle.Base128); </code></pre> <p>My eventual goal is to serialize ItemTransaction, but am snagged with IItemCollection. </p> <p>Item and it's derived types can be [de]serialized with no issues, see [1], but deserializing an IItemCollection fails (serializing works). ItemCollection has a ItemExpression property and when deserializing protobuf can't create an abstract class. This makes sense to me, but I'm not sure how to get through it.</p> <pre><code>ItemExpression&lt;T&gt; : ItemExpression, IItemExpression ItemExpression : Expression </code></pre> <p>ItemExpression is abstract as is Expression</p> <p>How do I get this to work properly?</p> <p>Also, I am concerned that ItemTransaction will fail since the IItemCollections are going to be differing and unknown at compile time (an ItemTransaction will have FooCollection, BarCollection, FlimCollection, FlamCollection, etc). </p> <p>What am I missing (Marc) ?</p> <p>[1] <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2276104/protobuf-net-deserializing-across-assembly-boundaries">protobuf-net [de]serializing across assembly boundaries</a></p>
 

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