Question

I have a list in LINQtoSQL and it has various relation in tables and now i want to convert this list into XML.

I am using this code

new XmlSerializer(typeof(T), IncludedTypes).Serialize(xmlWriter, this.Data);

where this.Data has the list data.

but it throws an error

There was an error generating the XML document.

because our tables has related to each other and in our list it also maintains all tables relations

Now How to convert a list into a xml?

Answer 1

circular reference was detected while serializing an object of type abc.Core.Model.Channel
that means Channel object has a property refers to another object and that object has a property refers to Channel object.

for example

Class Parent
{
   public Child Child
   {
       get;
       set;
   }
}
Class Child
{
   public Parent Parent
   {
       get;
       set;
   }
}

When serializing Parent.Child it will serialize Child.Parent so it will serialize Parent.Child again etc.

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