[Mono-bugs] [Bug 53512][Nor] New - Binary serializer + events = null ref exception

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Changed by peter@newton.cx.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=53512

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+Bug#: 53512
+Product: Mono/Class Libraries
+Version: unspecified
+OS: 
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Normal
+Component: CORLIB
+AssignedTo: lluis@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: peter@newton.cx               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Binary serializer + events = null ref exception
+
+I'm serializing a class, Data, that doesn't implement ISerializable, but is
+marked with a [Serializable] attribute. It also has two public events. The
+delegate of the event is defined in an assembly other than the one that the
+Data class is defined in.
+
+When I serialize a Data instance, I get a NullReferenceException in
+ObjectWriter:GetAssemblyId, because the assembly of the delegate type
+hasn't been cached with a call to RegisterAssembly. For some reason it's
+trying to serialize a field corresponding to the events: the direct cause
+is that FormatterServices.GetSerializeableMembers returns a FieldInfo
+corresponding to the event type. (It seems to me like this is wrong, since
+there's an EventInfo class, but my grasp of the underlying principles is
+shaky.)
+
+So to my limited understanding, either GetSerializableMembers shouldn't
+return these FieldInfos for events (check MS implementation?) or the
+ObjectWriter should filter those fields out somehow. Or there's a genuine
+bug and events somehow need to be serialized.