Serialization [modified]

[sjembek]

I'm trying to serialize an instance of a class with members of type bool, string, double[], double, int and an enumeration declared serializable. The class is marked [Serializable()] and doesn't have any child objects aside from the primitives mentioned. Also, it doesn't extend any other class: It's declared:

[Serializable()]
public sealed class EQband

While serializing the object I get an error:

System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: Type 'CtlEQ.CtlEQ' in Assembly 'bla, Version=2.0.2386.18258, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' is not marked as serializable.

I can't figure out why an attempt is made to serialize some instance of the CtlEQ class. The class I'm serializing is declared within the same namespace and is used by the CtlEQ.CtlEQ class (CtlEQ holds a refference to EQBand), but is no member of it. Does anyone know why this attempt is made and how I can prevent this from happening?

[sjembek]

Errr. Yes... Does this matter?

[Robert Rohde]

Just a wild guess: Do you have an event in EQband which CtlEQ listens to?

[Robert Rohde]

Well if you bind an event of class A from class B then internally you are setting a reference from A to B. Add the following to not serialize your event:

[field:NonSerializedAttribute()]
public event EventHandler FooEvent;

[sjembek]

Allright, I had already set a method on [OnSerializing()] to set the event to null, following your last post. That worked, but I can see this is more graceful. Thanks for the help!