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xml serialization of List<byte>

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lee.crabtree@gmail.com - 01 Nov 2006 21:39 GMT
I'm trying to serialize a generic List of bytes, as in List<byte>.  Out
of the box, it works, but it winds up like this:

...
<LineData>0</LineData>
<LineData>0</LineData>
<LineData>0</LineData>
<LineData>0</LineData>
<LineData>0</LineData>
<LineData>0</LineData>
<LineData>0</LineData>
<LineData>255</LineData>
<LineData>255</LineData>
<LineData>255</LineData>
<LineData>255</LineData>
<LineData>255</LineData>
<LineData>255</LineData>
...

The data is right, but have each byte in a tag is just asinine.  It
would make a whole lot more sense to have it serialized as "hexBinary"
or "base64Binary", but adding those attributes throw an error saying
that there was an exception reflecting the type containing the List.

What am I doing wrong?

Lee Crabtree
Kevin Spencer - 02 Nov 2006 03:30 GMT
If you want an array of bytes serialized as Base64, use an array, not a
List.

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Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Short Order Coder
http://unclechutney.blogspot.com

The devil is in the yada yada yada

> I'm trying to serialize a generic List of bytes, as in List<byte>.  Out
> of the box, it works, but it winds up like this:
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>
> Lee Crabtree

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