Serializing a generics SortedList

[greg.merideth]

Is it possible to serialize SortedList<T,V> or do I need to come up
with my own method to get the data into and out the list? I'm pretty
sure I know that it's "no" I'm just curious if there are any tricks
around.

Here's the error I get when I attempt to serialize a SortedList<T,V>

Unhandled Exception: System.NotSupportedException: The type
System.Collections.S
ortedList is not supported because it implements IDictionary.

 

[greg.merideth]

I should have mentioned that I'm trying to serialize the SortedList
using XmlSerialize not a binaryformatter.

 

[greg.merideth]

After finding the article on msdn I realize you can't serialize to XML
anything with IDictionary unless you implement your own IXmlSerializer
and I'm just not in the mood, I found a way to do it by copying my
SortedList<T,V> to a List<T> and damm if that didn't do the trick.

I'd still like to know why List<T> can be serialied but SortedList<T,V>
can't.