DataSet serialization

[cata02]

Hello! I have a large .net project for which i want to use messagepack for wcf serialization. The project uses a lot of untyped DataSets, typed DataSets, and nested DataSets inside POCO. I already have a way of serializing a dataset (typed or not) to a POCO or byte[].

I've created a custom message pack serializer for the base class: DataSet and i'm trying to register it for all untyped DataSets and typed DataSets (which are derived classed from the DataSet class).

I get an exception trying to register the custom message pack serializer for typed datasets.

This line: e.SetSerializer(new MsgPackDatasetSerializer(e.Context));

Throws an exception: 'The serializer must be MsgPack.Serialization.MessagePackSerializer`1[.......] type.'

The class MsgPackDatasetSerializer is my custom serializer which derives from MessagePackSerializer<DataSet> and has a proper implementation.

What are my options? I cannot register a custom serializer for every single typed dataset; there are many of them. :)

Thanks!

[cata02]

I've gone around the problem using reflection. I've created an generic custom serializier that serializes dataset instances using BinaryFormatter that i am instancing using reflection and MakeGeneric on specific type.

[yfakariya]

Thank you for information.