Question

I have the exception Unexpected sub-type: UnnamedGameServer.TrapInstance while Serializing in protobuf-net.

This is the code:

class test
{
    void testMethod(PacketNewTrapResponse packet)
    {
        using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            Serializer.SerializeWithLengthPrefix<PacketNewTrapResponse>(stream, (PacketNewTrapResponse)packet, PrefixStyle.Base128);
        }
    }
}

[ProtoContract]
public class MapTrap
{
    [ProtoMember(1)]
    public IntegerVector2 Position;
    [ProtoMember(2)]
    public int TrapServerID;
    [ProtoMember(3)]
    public int LocationID;
}

[ProtoContract, ProtoInclude(1, typeof(MapTrap))]
class TrapInstance : MapTrap
{
    public TrapInstance(TrapProperties trap, SessionCharacter session, int serverTrapId, int locationId, IntegerVector2 position)
    {
        TrapServerID = serverTrapId;
        Trap = trap;
        Position = position;
        LocationID = locationId;
        OwnerOfTrap = session;
        LocationID = locationId;
        Position = position;
    }

    public SessionCharacter OwnerOfTrap { get; set; }
    public TrapProperties Trap { get; set; }
}

Answer 1

The base-class needs to be told about the sub-classes, not the other way around. From a sub-class it is trivial to look for the base-class, since that is readily available at runtime.

[ProtoContract, ProtoInclude(5, typeof(TrapInstance))]
public class MapTrap {...}

[ProtoContract]
class TrapInstance : MapTrap {...}