Is there a serializable generic Key/Value pair class in .NET?

I'm looking for a key/value pair object that I can include in a web service.

I tried using .NET's System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<> class, but it does not properly serialize in a web service. In a web service, the Key and Value properties are not serialized, making this class useless, unless someone knows a way to fix this.

Is there any other generic class that can be used for this situation?

I'd use .NET's System.Web.UI.Pair class, but it uses Object for its types. It would be nice to use a Generic class, if only for type safety.

Just define a struct/class.

[Serializable]
public struct KeyValuePair<K,V>
{
  public K Key {get;set;}
  public V Value {get;set;}
}

I don't think there is as Dictionary<> itself isn't XML serializable, when I had need to send a dictionary object via a web service I ended up wrapping the Dictionary<> object myself and adding support for IXMLSerializable.

/// <summary>
/// Represents an XML serializable collection of keys and values.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TKey">The type of the keys in the dictionary.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TValue">The type of the values in the dictionary.</typeparam>
[XmlRoot("dictionary")]
public class SerializableDictionary<TKey, TValue> : Dictionary<TKey, TValue>, IXmlSerializable
{
    #region Constants

    /// <summary>
    /// The default XML tag name for an item.
    /// </summary>
    private const string DEFAULT_ITEM_TAG = "Item";

    /// <summary>
    /// The default XML tag name for a key.
    /// </summary>
    private const string DEFAULT_KEY_TAG = "Key";

    /// <summary>
    /// The default XML tag name for a value.
    /// </summary>
    private const string DEFAULT_VALUE_TAG = "Value";

    #endregion

    #region Protected Properties

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the XML tag name for an item.
    /// </summary>
    protected virtual string ItemTagName
    {
        get
        {
            return DEFAULT_ITEM_TAG;
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the XML tag name for a key.
    /// </summary>
    protected virtual string KeyTagName
    {
        get
        {
            return DEFAULT_KEY_TAG;
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the XML tag name for a value.
    /// </summary>
    protected virtual string ValueTagName
    {
        get
        {
            return DEFAULT_VALUE_TAG;
        }
    }

    #endregion

    #region Public Methods

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the XML schema for the XML serialization.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>An XML schema for the serialized object.</returns>
    public XmlSchema GetSchema()
    {
        return null;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Deserializes the object from XML.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="reader">The XML representation of the object.</param>
    public void ReadXml(XmlReader reader)
    {
        XmlSerializer keySerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TKey));
        XmlSerializer valueSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TValue));

        bool wasEmpty = reader.IsEmptyElement;

        reader.Read();

        if (wasEmpty)
        {
            return;
        }

        while (reader.NodeType != XmlNodeType.EndElement)
        {
            reader.ReadStartElement(ItemTagName);

            reader.ReadStartElement(KeyTagName);
            TKey key = (TKey)keySerializer.Deserialize(reader);
            reader.ReadEndElement();

            reader.ReadStartElement(ValueTagName);
            TValue value = (TValue)valueSerializer.Deserialize(reader);
            reader.ReadEndElement();

            this.Add(key, value);

            reader.ReadEndElement();
            reader.MoveToContent();
        }

        reader.ReadEndElement();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Serializes this instance to XML.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="writer">The writer to serialize to.</param>
    public void WriteXml(XmlWriter writer)
    {
        XmlSerializer keySerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TKey));
        XmlSerializer valueSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TValue));

        foreach (TKey key in this.Keys)
        {
            writer.WriteStartElement(ItemTagName);

            writer.WriteStartElement(KeyTagName);
            keySerializer.Serialize(writer, key);
            writer.WriteEndElement();

            writer.WriteStartElement(ValueTagName);
            TValue value = this[key];
            valueSerializer.Serialize(writer, value);
            writer.WriteEndElement();

            writer.WriteEndElement();
        }
    }

    #endregion
}