Adding a Non-Serializable Member to Serializable Class in C#

Question

Can this be done? My problem is that I have this Serializable class:

[Serializable()]
public class Car
{
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement("Make")]
    public string m_make;

    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement("Owner")]
    public string m_owner;

    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement("Plate")]
    public string m_plate;

    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement("Type")]
    public TenantType m_type = TenantType.Test;

    public Car()
    {
    }
}

I want to add a non-serializable object (one that does not extend ISerializable) to this class, but I keep getting a runtime error: "There was an error reflecting type 'Program.Car'." I put the NonSerialized() tag before it, but I think C# still doesn't get that I won't want it to be serialized at any point.

    [NonSerialized()]
    public MyObject m_obj;

possible duplicate of [Difference between NonSerialized and Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnore?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2201658/difference-between-nonserialized-and-xml-serialization-xmlignore) — Alexei Levenkov, Jan 28 '14 at 03:30

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 28 '14 at 03:42

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Check out XmlIgnore might be what you are looking for.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.serialization.xmlignoreattribute(v=vs.110).aspx

answered Jan 28 '14 at 03:42

Tony

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '14 at 03:34

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This is a good reference. I believe you may be using the wrong Attribute.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182349.aspx

answered Jan 28 '14 at 03:34

Jason Roell

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Adding a Non-Serializable Member to Serializable Class in C#

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