title: make class serializable
body: <p>I search how to made this class serializable for a service (SOAP)</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;Serializable()&gt; _
      Public Class Items
  
          Inherits StringEnumBase(Of Items)
          Public Sub New(ByVal StrValue As String)
              MyBase.New(StrValue)
          End Sub
  
          &lt;Description("item 1")&gt; Public Shared ReadOnly ITEM1 As New Items("ValueOfItem1")
          &lt;Description("item 2")&gt; Public Shared ReadOnly ITEM2 As New Items("ValueOfItem2")
          &lt;Description("item 3")&gt; Public Shared ReadOnly ITEM3 As New Items("ValueOfItem3")
  
      End Class
  </code></pre>