OverflowException error using Deserialization with context

This error might be because I am not understanding what the use of "context" is.

I have a context class that looks like this:

public class TestContext

    {
        public string fileName;
        public uint version;
        public bool versionOK = false;
        public FileAccess fileAccessMode;
        public FileStream stream;
        public Endianness endianness = Endianness.Little;
        private bool _keepOpen;
        public int headerLength;
        public int numChannels;
        public bool compressed;
        public BinarySerialization.BinarySerializer serializer = new BinarySerialization.BinarySerializer();
  }

Note the context class contains the serializer. The class to be deserialized is:

public class FileMetrics
    {
         [FieldOrder(1)] public short leader; // 0
         [FieldOrder(2)] public uint fileVersion; //2
         [FieldOrder(3)] public int headerLength; //6
         [FieldOrder(4)] public short numChannels; //10
    }

After setting up the stream and parameters I can successfully call the Deserializer method using the following:

TestContext tc = new TestContext();
tc.stream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, fileAccessMode);
FileMetrics fm = tc.serializer.Deserialize<FileMetrics>(tc.stream);

However if I deserialize using the context: FileMetrics fm = tc.serializer.Deserialize<FileMetrics>(tc.stream, tc); It fails with OverflowException error. When I debug the code here is what I see. Looking at your class TypeNode.cs with a breakpoint on line 131 var attributes = memberInfo.GetCustomAttributes(true).ToList(); It first iterates through the members of target class FileMetrics but then for some reason tries to iterate through the members of the class TestContext and this is when the OverflowException happens.

jefffhaynes / BinarySerializer

OverflowException error using Deserialization with context #149