serialization and Session Object

[Bilbo]

Hello,

I recently read that a class must support serialization in order for it to
be stored in the Session State. Before reading this I had been storing a
class to the Session State no problem (without serialization). The class is
simply a storage class and contains only primitive types....is it necessary
to serialize this object? If so, how do you go about serializing an entire
class?

Thanks much.

 

[Bilbo]

BTW, using C#. Thanks

 

[Lucas Tam]

is it necessary
to serialize this object?

I think only if you're using session variables in a webfarm:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q312112

I never had problems storing complex objects in a sesion variable on a
single web server environment.

 

[Marina]

It only needs to be serializable if you using session state other then
InProc. If you are using InProc, you can place anything you want into
session.

 

[Bilbo]

Thanks for your response. How can I tell if I am using InProc?

Thanks.

 

[Marina]

Check in your Web.config, that's where it is set. InProc is the default.

And if you haven't had any serialization warnings after putting custom
objects into session, then you're using InProc.