My.Settings中自定义类的Arraylist

我有一个Visual Basic.Net 2.0程序。我正在将设置从旧的设置文件移动到app.config程序设置文件。我正尽力做到最好。

所以,我添加了我的设置 as shown in this image .

加载时,我执行以下操作:

If My.Settings.databaseConnectionSettings Is Nothing Then
            My.Settings.databaseConnectionSettings = New ArrayList()
End If

这是我的定制课程:

Imports System.Xml.Serialization

<Serializable()> Public Class DatabaseConnectionSettings
    Private _nickname As String = String.Empty
    Private _username As String = String.Empty
    Private _password As String = String.Empty
    Private _database As String = String.Empty
    Private _server As String = String.Empty
    Private _ssl As Boolean

    Public Sub New()
        _nickname = ""
        _username = ""
        _password = ""
        _database = ""
        _server = ""
        _ssl = False
    End Sub

    Public Sub New(ByVal nickname As String, ByVal username As String, _
                   ByVal password As String, ByVal database As String, _
                   ByVal server As String, ByVal ssl As Boolean)
        _nickname = nickname
        _username = username
        _password = password
        _database = database
        _server = server
        _ssl = ssl
    End Sub

    Public Property nickname() As String
        Get
            Return _nickname
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As String)
            _nickname = Value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public Property username() As String
        Get
            Return _username
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As String)
            _username = Value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public Property password() As String
        Get
            Return _password
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As String)
            _password = Value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public Property database() As String
        Get
            Return _database
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As String)
            _database = Value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public Property server() As String
        Get
            Return _server
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As String)
            _server = Value
        End Set
    End Property

    <XmlElementAttribute(ElementName:="ssl")> Public Property ssl() As Boolean
        Get
            Return _ssl
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As Boolean)
            _ssl = Value
        End Set
    End Property

End Class

我就是这么用的:

Dim databaseSettings As New DatabaseConnectionSettings( _
                        Me.txtNickName.Text, Me.txtUser.Text, Me.txtPass.Text, Me.txtData.Text, _
                            Me.txtServer.Text, Me.chkSSL.Checked)
                        'This statement will increment the arraylist count'
                        My.Settings.databaseConnectionSettings.Add(databaseSettings)
                        'This statement will save everything but the array list'
                        My.Settings.Save()
                        'This statement reloads everything, but the array list.  The array list count after this goes to zero.'
                        My.Settings.Reload() 'If I remove this, program works fine until next run.'

所以,问题是,如何将DatabaseConnectionSettings的arraylist保存到持久存储?我想以最干净的方式做这件事。也就是说,我不想每次想使用它时都把它转换成一个字符串或保存到一个单独的文件中。我希望能够使用My.Settings访问器方法。