how to mark an object as Serializable

Question

I have a system.document.table object and i want to mark that object as Serializable for deep cloning it. the exception is Type 'System.Windows.Documents.Table' in Assembly 'PresentationFramework, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' is not marked as serializable.

 FlowTable original =  new FlowTable();
 original = objFlowTab.deepclone();

where objflowtab is having a table object

[Serializable]
public class FlowTable : Table
{ ....
  ....
  public static class ExtensionMethods
{
    // Deep clone
    public static T DeepClone<T>(this T a)
    { 

        using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
        {

            BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
            formatter.Serialize(stream,a);
            stream.Position = 0;
            return (T)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
        }
    }
}

i am getting error in formatter.Serialize(stream,a);

this should have been found out quickly by searching yourself first. Looks like you have never searched for anything? — Hopeless, Sep 29 '15 at 10:59
possible duplicate of [Error - is not marked as serializable](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15707872/error-is-not-marked-as-serializable) — Volkan Paksoy, Sep 29 '15 at 10:59
be sure that your object does not have any members which cannot be serialized (such as of some type which also does not have `Serializable` marked). In some cases you need to implement the interface `ISerializable` explicitly. — Hopeless, Sep 29 '15 at 11:01
Bad idea. Serialize table to XAML. I doubt, that binary serialization will work here. — Dennis, Sep 29 '15 at 11:20

score 9 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 07 '19 at 11:47

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Add a [Serializable] attribute to the class being serialized.

See details about C# serialization here

edited Mar 07 '19 at 11:47

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answered Sep 29 '15 at 10:58

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sujith karivelil · Answer 2 · 2019-03-07T11:47:22.627

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For serializable objects you have to include [Serializable] with your class definition

[Serializable]
public class YourClass
{
  //Your definition here;
}

edited Mar 07 '19 at 11:47

answered Sep 29 '15 at 11:04

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how to mark an object as Serializable

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