Can I serialize POCO classes? I'm using the C# POCO entity generator.
I tried to edit the .tt file which generates the entity classes to add the Serializable attribute. Is it right?
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A:
You're using POCO proxies, not pure POCOs. Pure POCOs can be serialized if (obviously) they're serializable. Proxies might not be.
Craig Stuntz
2010-08-02 15:00:04
How can I serialize POCOs if I'm using the ADO.NET POCO Entity Generator for generating the POCO entities? And when I set the context's ProxyCreationEnabled property to false, proxy creation is already disabled so I'm sure I'm not using those proxies.
jean27
2010-08-03 05:29:37
You can always serialize real POCOs. If you're using proxies, which aren't really POCOs, then you should project onto real POCOs. I generally project onto anonymous types before serializing, as this guarantees no circular references, which typically kill serialization anyway.
Craig Stuntz
2010-08-03 13:07:00