Re: serializable

Peter

There are two completely different types of serialization.

One is the simpler XmlSerializer you are using. This only looks at
*public* properties/field etc. and, as you have found, uses
XmlIgnoreAttribute amongst others.
The second is the low-level serialization used by remoting etc via the
BinaryFormatter and SoapFormatter. This will access private members via
reflection or, for classes implementing Iserializable, let them define
how it should be serialized. NonSerializableAttribute is recognized by
this type of serialization.

Rule of thumb: If you only interested in XmlSerializer then all its
Attributes begin with "Xml". Ie XmlIgnore, XmlArray, XmlArrayItem etc.

This is Ms-Help page for VS2003 that lists all these attributes:
ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/MS.MSDNQTR.2005OCT.1033/cpguide/html/cpconAttribu
tesThatControlSerialization.htm

Cheers
Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion relating to the specifics of the C# and Managed C++
languages [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter
Osucha
Sent: 27 July 2006 15:50
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-CX] serializable

Hmmm, I achieved what I wanted by marking the property {get/set} with
the
[XmlIgnore] attribute instead of the [NonSerializable()] attribute.  I
guess
I don't understand what the [NonSerializable()] attribute is for...

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion relating to the specifics of the C# and Managed C++
languages [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter
Osucha
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 4:49 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [DOTNET-CX] serializable

I want to use one or two small xml files to persist some very basic
applications settings and it seems that using xml files will probably be
a
better solution than my old way of using the registry.

I am not well versed in XML.  I spent a few hours looking through the
Help
system to learn more about reading and writing XML stuff - it seems that
NET
does a very solid job supporting such functionality.  Anyway, when
reviewing
the XmlWriter and XmlReader classes, I stumbled on the 'serializable'
attribute - which will make some of this persistence even easier.

The problem I'm having is marking some things non-serializable and the
Help
system isn't helping me out here.

In one main object I want to serialize, I have a field for an
application
password.  The object has properties to return this password in an
encrypted
form and an unencrypted form - although there is only one private
variable
holding the password.  So if I'm not mistaken, if I want to just mark
the
class serializable, then I need to create private variables for the
encrypted password and the unencrypted password and mark the encrypted
one
as [NonSerializable()].  Is this correct?  Is there a 'better' way (I
haven't really looked at implementing ISerializable yet).

Peter

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