Serialization of an enum

[Ghost]

One cannot serialize an enum without members?

Eg:
[Serializable]
public enum ID : int {};

Is it necessary for a member to be present for it to be serializable?

 

[Divil]

What would be the point of an enumeration without members?

 

[Ghost]

im using it as a custom data type

Eg:
public enum ID : int{};

ID EmpID;

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Just curious of the benefits of deriving a customer datatype from an enum with no members as opposed to using a structure or a class to define the customer datatype.

 

[Ghost]

what if the data type changes. thats y there r no members.

is there a way to Serialize it? else, other alternatives wud have to be thot of...


It is not a Customer as such. "EmpID" was just an example.