SerializationTest

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.IO;

namespace SerializingTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Brazier[] braziers = { new LinearBrazier() };

            var ser = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Brazier[]));
            using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
            {
                ser.WriteObject(stream, braziers);
                Console.WriteLine(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(stream.ToArray()));
            }

            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
    [Serializable]
    [KnownType("GetKnownType")]
    public class Brazier
    {
        private static Type[] GetKnownType()
        {
            Type[] t = new Type[1];
            t[0] = typeof(LinearBrazier);
            return t;
        }
    }


    [Serializable]
    public class LinearBrazier : Brazier
    {
    }
}