xml and serilisation with queues??

is it possible to serilise a queue to xml??

i have the following code:

Code:

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private void SaveToDisk(Queue ErrorList)
{
Stream s  = new FileStream("errors.xml", FileMode.Create);
XmlSerializer b = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Queue));

b.Serialize(s, ErrorList);
s.Close();
}

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but it failes with:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in system.xml.dll

Additional information: There was an error reflecting 'System.Collections.Queue'.

and it points to the line: XmlSerializer b = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Queue));

so can queues not be serlilised ?? I know hashtables cannot so does the same apply here??
:confused:

Here's a quick example:

Code:

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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Collections;

public class SerializeEx
{
        public static void Main()
        {
                string myName = "Bill Gates";
                Queue myQueue = new Queue();
                myQueue.Enqueue(myName);

                FileStream serializeStream = new FileStream(@"c:\MyQueue.dat", FileMode.Create);
                BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();

                bf.Serialize(serializeStream, myQueue);
                serializeStream.Flush();
                serializeStream.Close();

                FileStream retrieveStream = new FileStream(@"c:\MyQueue.dat", FileMode.Open);
                Queue newQueue = (Queue) bf.Deserialize(retrieveStream);
                Console.Write(newQueue.Count);
        }

}

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can this not be done using xml then??

Sure, use the SoapFormater class.

where is that??

i serched the help it could not find anything about a SoapFormater class, looked throught the object browser and still never found anything that looks like it :confused: