I have two classes:

public class BaseClass { ... }
public class DerivedClass : BaseClass { ... }

Suppose I have the following code:

DerivedClass dc = new DerivedClass();
BaseClass bc = (BaseClass)dc;

How can I serialize "bc" so that only the members of BaseClass are
serialized? Currently, it is doing this:

<BaseClass xsi:type="DerivedClass">
//DerivedClass members (including BaseClass members)
</BaseClass>

When what I want is this:

<BaseClass>
//BaseClass members only
</BaseClass>

Is this possible? If so, and you need more info in order to help further,
let me know what you need. I would prefer to be able to do this without
having to explicitly control the entire serialization process. But if
that's my only option, I may go about this a different way.

Thanks in advance.

Jerad

I am reposting this on microsoft.public.dotnet.general. Please respond to
that thread if you have any suggestions.

Thanks.
Jerad

"Jerad Rose" <no (AT) spam (DOT) com> wrote