How to specify a NonSerialized field with public accessors for XML Serialization

Question

How do you specify a NonSerialized field with public accessors for XML Serialization?

[NonSerialized]
public String _fooBar;
//Declaring the property here will serialize the _fooBar field
public String FooBar
{
    get { return _fooBar; }
    set { _fooBar = value; }
}

Verve

I assume this is a made up example? Otherwise you can just use an auto property and mark that as NonSerialized. – Pessimist

The attribute cannot be applied to properties. – Coattail

@Pessimist I actually get "Attribute 'NonSerialized' is not valid on this declaration type. It is only valid on 'field' declarations." on an auto-property... – Verve

Yes, Hans is right - my mistake. – Pessimist

@Pessimist - [XmlIgnore] works with auto-properties, though. – Verve

@MPelletier: Would have been good to know you are looking for XML serialization from the beginning - kudos to @Hans for catching it. – Pessimist

@Pessimist - I just, very naively, discovered that it made a difference. My bad. – Verve

Glad you got it resolved - and we both learnt something in the process ;-) – Pessimist

Answer 1

Properties don't get serialized by BinaryFormatter, only fields. The [NonSerialized] attribute has no meaning for XML serialization. Use [XmlIgnore] instead.

Coattail