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Exception when deserializing List with generic classes

See original GitHub issue

Hello 😉

I think there is something wrong. Could you please review my unit test ?

Thanks!

using ExtendedXmlSerializer.Configuration;
using ExtendedXmlSerializer.ExtensionModel.Xml;
using ExtendedXmlSerializer.Tests.Support;
using FluentAssertions;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Xunit;

namespace ExtendedXmlSerializer.Tests.ReportedIssues
{
    public sealed class Issue194Tests
    {
        interface IDescribable
        {
            string Description { get; set; }
        }

        class ClassWithGeneric<T> : IDescribable
        {
            public string Description { get; set; }
        }

        [Fact]
        void GenericSimpleValue()
        {
            var serializer = new ConfigurationContainer()
                                                .Create()
                                                .ForTesting();

            ClassWithGeneric<int> singleValue = new ClassWithGeneric<int>();
            singleValue.Description = "testtest123";

            string result = serializer.Serialize(singleValue);


            var deserializedValue = serializer.Deserialize<ClassWithGeneric<int>>(result);

            deserializedValue.Description.Should().Be("testtest123");
        }

        [Fact]
        void GenericListValues()
        {
            var serializer = new ConfigurationContainer()
                                                .Create()
                                                .ForTesting();

            ClassWithGeneric<int> singleValue = new ClassWithGeneric<int>();
            singleValue.Description = "testtest345";

            List<IDescribable> list = new List<IDescribable>()
            {
                singleValue
            };

            string result = serializer.Serialize(list);

            var deserializedValue = serializer.Deserialize<List<IDescribable>>(result);

            deserializedValue.First().Description.Should().Be("testtest345");
        }

        [Fact]
        void GenericLinkedListValues()
        {
            var serializer = new ConfigurationContainer()
                                                .Create()
                                                .ForTesting();

            ClassWithGeneric<int> singleValue = new ClassWithGeneric<int>();
            singleValue.Description = "testtest345";

            LinkedList<IDescribable> list = new LinkedList<IDescribable>();
            list.AddFirst(singleValue);

            string result = serializer.Serialize(list);

            var deserializedValue = serializer.Deserialize<LinkedList<IDescribable>>(result);

            deserializedValue.First().Description.Should().Be("testtest345");
        }

        [Fact]
        void GenericDictionaryValues()
        {
            var serializer = new ConfigurationContainer()
                                                .Create()
                                                .ForTesting();

            ClassWithGeneric<int> singleValue = new ClassWithGeneric<int>();
            singleValue.Description = "testtest345";

            IDictionary<string, IDescribable> list = new Dictionary<string, IDescribable>()
            {
                {"key", singleValue }
            };

            string result = serializer.Serialize(list);

            var deserializedValue = serializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, IDescribable>>(result);

            deserializedValue.First().Value.Description.Should().Be("testtest345");
        }


    }
}

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:6 (5 by maintainers)

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WojciechNagorskicommented, Aug 20, 2018

@Mike-EEE Great job! I don’t see any problem. You can create a new build if you like or I can do it. Please let me know if I should do it.

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Mike-E-angelocommented, Aug 20, 2018

OK cool… nope, I should get some experience in that. 😄 I went ahead and pushed 2.1.4. Let’s hope it works! 😂 Closing this issue for now.

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