Deserializing boxed values

[liammclennan]

My values are boxed before serializing to xml (for Sql xml type), which produces:

<FsPickler version="1.4.0.0" type="System.Object">
  <value flags="subtype">
    <subtype>
      <Case>NamedType</Case>
      <Name>Tests.WorkingWithDocuments+Person</Name>
      <Assembly>
        <Name>Tests</Name>
        <Version>0.0.0.0</Version>
        <Culture>neutral</Culture>
        <PublicKeyToken />
      </Assembly>
    </subtype>
    <instance>
      <id>71d5d868-cf28-404e-82c2-c7037e5b0c56</id>
      <age>45</age>
      <name>Cecile</name>
    </instance>
  </value>
</FsPickler>

This then fails to deserialize with:

Nessos.FsPickler.FsPicklerException : Error deserializing object of type 'Tests.WorkingWithDocuments+Person'.
---- Nessos.FsPickler.InvalidPickleTypeException : Expected pickle of type 'Tests.WorkingWithDocuments+Person' but was 'System.Object'.

Is there a way to make it work?

[eiriktsarpalis]

Yes, just deserialize using object as your type parameter. In general, the serialized type should match the deserialized type. If unsure what type you are deserializing, just use object in all your serialization and deserialization invocations.

[liammclennan]

That works. Thank you.