How to serialize List <T> in Silverlight?

Question

I have a structure called a coordinate that is listed in another class called a segment.

public struct Coordinate
{
    public double Latitude { get; set; }
    public double Longtitude { get; set; }
    public double Altitude { get; set; }
    public DateTime Time { get; set; }
}

public class Segment
{
    private List<Coordinate> coordinates;
    ...
}

I would like to serialize the Segment class using XmlSerializer using Silverlight (on Windows Phone 7). I understand from the link text that XmlSerializer does not support List<T>. What is the recommended way to serialize the coordinates of a mutable array?

Thanks, Jurgen

Answer 1

I believe that everyone should always create their own serialization formats. This is a minority opinion these days.

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Answer 2

DataContractSerializer XmlSerializer. XmlSerializer Silverlight, DataContractSerializer.

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Answer 3

You tried? Which bit does not specifically offer lists?

For information, as soon as I have all the tools together (VS2010 / Phone 7 sdk, etc.), I plan to see what protobuf-net can do for phone 7, but XmlSerializershould be solid by default.