{"record":{"id":"46346dd96fa2dc73","repo":"stride3d/stride","slug":"content-serializer-for-obj-gettype-could-not-be-found","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Content serializer for {obj.GetType()} could not be found.","messagePattern":"Content serializer for (.+?) could not be found\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"InvalidOperationException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"sources/core/Stride.Core.Serialization/Serialization/Contents/ContentManager.cs","lineNumber":566,"sourceCode":"            var serializeOperation = serializeOperations.Dequeue();\n            SerializeObject(serializeOperations, serializeOperation.Url, serializeOperation.Object, serializeOperation.PublicReference, serializeOperation.StorageType);\n        }\n    }\n\n    private void SerializeObject(Queue<SerializeOperation> serializeOperations, string url, object obj, bool publicReference, Type storageType = null)\n    {\n        // Don't create context in case we don't want to serialize referenced objects\n        //if (!SerializeReferencedObjects && obj != RootObject)\n        //    return null;\n\n        // Already saved?\n        // TODO: Ref counting? Should we change it on save? Probably depends if we cache or not.\n        if (LoadedAssetReferences.ContainsKey(obj))\n            return;\n\n        var serializer = Serializer.GetSerializer(storageType, obj.GetType());\n        if (serializer == null)\n            throw new InvalidOperationException($\"Content serializer for {obj.GetType()} could not be found.\");\n\n        var contentSerializerContext = new ContentSerializerContext(url, ArchiveMode.Serialize, this);\n\n        using (var stream = FileProvider.OpenStream(url, VirtualFileMode.Create, VirtualFileAccess.Write))\n        {\n            var streamWriter = new BinarySerializationWriter(stream);\n            PrepareSerializerContext(contentSerializerContext, streamWriter.Context);\n\n            ChunkHeader? header = null;\n\n            // Allocate space in the stream, and also include header version in the hash computation, which is better\n            // If serialization type is null, it means there should be no header.\n            var serializationType = serializer.SerializationType;\n            if (serializationType != null)\n            {\n                header = new ChunkHeader { Type = serializer.SerializationType.AssemblyQualifiedName };\n                header.Write(streamWriter);\n                header.OffsetToObject = (int)streamWriter.UnderlyingStream.Position;","sourceCodeStart":548,"sourceCodeEnd":584,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/stride3d/stride/blob/96fad776d210c221682aac1ccdf4c79dc046fc38/sources/core/Stride.Core.Serialization/Serialization/Contents/ContentManager.cs#L548-L584","documentation":"Serializer resolution failure in ContentManager.SerializeObject: no content serializer could be found for the concrete type of the object being saved, so the object graph cannot be written. Typically the type lives in an assembly not registered with the serialization system or has no DataContract/serializer support.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at sources/core/Stride.Core.Serialization/Serialization/Contents/ContentManager.cs:566 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Ensure the object's assembly is registered (AssemblyRegistry) so its serializers are discovered","Mark the type as serializable (DataContract) or provide a matching DataSerializer","If serializing by storage type, pass a storageType that has a registered serializer"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"96fad776d210c221682aac1ccdf4c79dc046fc38","analyzedAt":"2026-09-14T02:59:31.279Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-14T02:59:31.279Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}