xmlSerializer circular reference error

[vcllvc]

hey, all

I am having a problem to serialize a complex object into xml, hope someone can help me.

To make it short, I have two objects: "Contract" and "Rate"

The Contract has a property of Rate object as a circular reference. When I use an XmlSerializer to serialize the Contract, the framework thrown me an error "A circular reference was detected while serializing an object of type xyz"

Is there a way to work it around?

Thanks in advance.

 

[JurkMonkey]

One object that contains another is not circular.

Object1
- Object2

its when object1 contains object2 which contains object1 again.

Object1
- Object2
-Object1
-Object2
....

 

[vcllvc]

yes, I missed the detail. Thanks.

So, is there any way to work it around?

 

[chiph]

Perhaps you can create a hashtable of "visited" objects, and check it's contents before serializing an object.

Chip H.


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[JurkMonkey]

You could also create your own custom serialization/deserialization tools. Takes some work though.