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  [Serializable]
	public class SerializableDictionary<K, V> : Dictionary<K, V>
	{
		public SerializableDictionary ()
		{
		}

		public SerializableDictionary (IEqualityComparer<K> comparer)
			: base (comparer)
		{
		}

		protected SerializableDictionary (SerializationInfo info,
		                       StreamingContext context)
		{
			foreach (var v in (KeyValuePair<K, V>[]) info.GetValue ("contents", typeof (KeyValuePair<K, V>[])))
				Add (v.Key, v.Value);
		}

		public override void GetObjectData (SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
		{
			info.AddValue ("contents", this.ToArray ());
		}
	}