Question

I have the following class which I want to serialize to XML:

<Serializable()> _
Public Class Settings
    Public Shared var1 As Boolean = False 
    Public var2 As Boolean = False 
End Class

I create a new instance and serialize it using my own method…

SaveSerialXML(PathToFile, New Settings, GetType(Settings))

…however the shared (static) variable is not included in the output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Settings>
  <var2>false</var2>
</Settings>

Does anyone know of a way to serialize shared members of a class to XML?

Answer 1

Serialization is about serializing instances. Shared variables do not belong to an instance.