typeof() when Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Type' to 'string'

Question

I'm doing some Xml Serialization, and I'm getting a compile item error.

The code with the error is:

public class EPubBody
{
    [XmlElement(ElementName = "Image", DataType = typeof(EPubImage))]
    public object[] BodyItems;
}

The error is on the typeof(EPubImage) part. The error is Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Type' to 'string'.

The class EPubImage is in the same namspace, and looks like this:

public class EPubImage
{
    [XmlAttribute("imagePath")]
    public string ImagePath { get; set; }

}

I guess typeof(EPubImage) is returning a System.Type instead of an string. Any pointers on how to ensure that the typeof statement will return a string, instead of a System.Type?

Answer 1

The MSDN Documentation for XmlElementAttribute clearly states that DataType is string, whereas the Type property is of Type.