Xml Serialization question

[Techno]

I have a static class.
this static class has a reference to 2 other static classes.

I want to be able to serialize/deserialize this class, so it serializes/deserializes ClassA and ClassB properties/values.

so...

ClassA

private static SomeClassA theStaticClassA;
private static SomeClassB theStaticClassB;

I would like the properties of these 2 classes to be serialized and deserialized.

how can I do this? (.NET 2.0)


currently I am doing this

XmlSerializer theXmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(TheMouseManager.GetType());

            StreamWriter theTextWriter = new StreamWriter(theApplicationConfigName);
            theXmlSerializer.Serialize(theTextWriter, TheMouseManager);
            theTextWriter.Close();

however nothing gets serialized even though there are properties and values set to those properties in this class.

[jmcilhinney]

If you have a static class then you cannot serialise it because serialisation is an operation that you perfrom on objects. An object is an instance of a type, and given that you cannot create an instance of a static class you cannot possibly serialise one.

[Techno]

thanks...
guess ill manually write the values to xml