Include enum in serialization when defined outside of class

[Anydayhagefag]

A class \[code\][Serializable] Currency\[/code\] has two fields and \[code\]XmlElement\[/code\] reflection attributes:\[code\][XmlElement("currencyname")]CurrencyValue m_Value { get; }[XmlElement("exchangerate")]public decimal exchangeRate { get; set; }\[/code\]\[code\]CurrencyValue\[/code\] is an enum that is outside the \[code\]Currency\[/code\] class.I've tried to use \[code\][XmlEnum("...")]\[/code\] attributes and have also attempted to "pull" the set enum value inside of the class, using\[code\][XmlElement("Value")]public CurrencyValue m_value{ get { return m_value.ToString(); }}\[/code\]but to no avail.The class method \[code\]ToXML()\[/code\] looks like this:\[code\]public string ToXML(bool indent = false, bool omitXmlDeclaration = true, bool includeDefaultNamespaces = false){ XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Currency)); XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces(); if (!includeDefaultNamespaces) { ns.Add("", ""); } XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings(); settings.Encoding = new UnicodeEncoding(false, false); settings.Indent = indent; settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = omitXmlDeclaration; using (StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter()) { using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(stringWriter, settings)) { serializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, this, ns); return stringWriter.ToString(); } }}\[/code\]My question is: can an enum like that be included in the serialization of my object?I wouldn't see a reason to not include it inside the class itself, but it's possible that this enum is used elsewhere and changing it's location in my favor is not an option.