Question

I am trying to implement a custom profile class in C# that inherits System.Web.Profile.ProfileBase. I have a few properties of type System.Collections.Generic.List that need to be serialized as binary instead of the default XML. However, I am unsure of how to mark that setting in Profile class.

For instance, I have a property named “SavedReports” that is of type List. If I were to use the web.config approach, i would simply write :

<code>
<profile>
 <providers>
  <add name="SavedReports" serializeAs="Binary" type="System.Collections.Generic.List`1[MyNamespace.SavedReports]"/>
<code>

However, I am unsure how I would add the serializeAs=”Binary” attribute in C# for the custom implementation:


[SettingsAllowAnonymous(false)]

    public List<SavedReport> SavedReports
    {
        get { return base["SavedReports"] as List<SavedReport>; }
        set { base["SavedReport"] = value; }
    }

Any help would be great.

Thanks,
Chris

Answer 1

I’ve found this:

SettingsSerializeAsAttribute

With the SettingsSerializeAsAttribute,
you can specify which serialization
mechanism should be used for a given
application settings class or
property. This attribute is considered
a request to the settings provider. It
may be ignored or cause an error if
the provider or the individual
property type does not support the
specified serialization scheme. If
this attribute is not present, the
provider will usually provide a
default serialization mechanism, most
commonly plain text.