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Serializable attribute seems optional #17832

Closed zerocoins closed 3 years ago

zerocoins commented 4 years ago

"An exception is thrown if you attempt to serialize but the type doesn't have the SerializableAttribute attribute" I just created a simple example to test xml serialization and it all went well without exception being thrown, although I didn't mark my test class with Serializable attribute. It appears that it is optional, not mandatory.

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zerocoins commented 4 years ago

Also it appears that xml serializer ignores NonSerialized attribute and it expects XmlIgnore.

BillWagner commented 4 years ago

Thanks for writing these up @zerocoins This article should be updated to improve the distinctions between XML and binary serialization.

I've added this it to our backlog to update when we next update this area.

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