Xml Serialization and Enums

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Hi all. Just wondering if anyone know how to correctly format enums in XML files so that the content pipeline doesn’t complain when compiling them. I’ve created a custom class ItemInfo:

namespace CustomDataTypes {
  public enum ItemType { Edible }

  public class ItemInfo {
    public string key;
    public ItemType itemType;
  }
}

and I’ve been trying to set up corresponding XML like so:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<XnaContent>
  <Asset Type="CustomDataTypes.ItemInfo">
    <key>blackberry</key>
    <itemType>Edible</itemType> 
  </Asset>
</XnaContent>

This is just one of the many things I’ve tried and I can’t find a good guide about how to do this properly, if it’s even possible. Anyone know?

Thanks.

2

I figured this out. Apparently the XML fields are order-dependent. Good to know! This is a pared-down example of my actual XML files and I had a few fields switched around in those. Looks like enum serialization works great.