How can I persist a class to a single column using NHibernate

Question

I'm looking to persist an object to a single column using NHibernate. I'd like to serialize the data on the way in into a single column, and then deserialize it on the way out. This could be binary or xml. How can I go about doing this?

Answer 1

Create a property that would implement serialization/deserialization, map that property to the desired column in HBM. Seems simple enough... Where is the trick? :)

Answer 2

Serialization is the default, if the class is not mapped. You can (should) make it explicit:

<property name="MyProperty" type="Serializeable" />