Serialization of Derived classes

[urbanleg]

Hello,
I am trying to send via server - serialized classes

problem is i got one base class and 10 derived classes from it.

now, when i do deserialization of "Derived class 2" how do i know what to cast it back in the client ?
it can by any of the 10 Derived or even the Base itself.

thanks

[Norm]

how do i know what to cast it back in the client

You could send a list of the class types in the same order as the classes to be read and cast.