Hi, I'm relatively new to NHibernate and seem to find myself in bit of situation.

1. I've got business this entity:
[Serializable]
public class Location
{
private String postCode = default(String);
public virtual String PostCode
{
get { return postCode; }
set { postCode = value; }
}

private IList<SubLocation> subLocations = default(IList<SubLocation>);
public virtual IList<SubLocation> SubLocations
{
get { return subLocations; }
set { subLocations = value; }
}
}
2. I can popluate Location object with SubLocations via mapping document (all works fine upto this point)
3. Then i need seriliaze Location to be able deseriliaze as data contract which is exposed via wcf service.
4. The return type for SubLocation is IList which is an interface therefore cannot be seriliazed, If i change it to Generic.List NHibernate throws exception(System.InvalidCastException : Unable to cast object of type 'NHibernate.Collection.Generic.PersistentGenericBag to Generic.List')

Just wondering if anyone else has came across similar problem, or if there is any neat solution so NHibernate returns List instead of IList?

Help is much appreciated

I have manage to solve the problem in following way:



Obviously, you can always make it neater