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Zachary Kniebel
Zachary Kniebel

Reputation: 4774

Why aren't fields serializable

Why are fields not serializable via the XML serializer, in C#, whereas properties are? I know that properties are actually methods, but I don't see why that should make a difference. Does anyone know the answer to this?

Thanks so much!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 199

Answers (2)

cremor
cremor

Reputation: 6876

Fields are serializable. In fact, all fields are by default serialized unless you mark them with the NonSerialized attribute.

If you talk about XML serialization, then only public fields will be serialized because XML serialization only serializes the public interface of an object.

Upvotes: 2

2GDev
2GDev

Reputation: 2466

Fields are serializable :

XML serialization serializes the public fields and properties of an object, or the parameters and return values of methods, into an XML stream that conforms to a specific XML Schema definition language (XSD) document. XML serialization results in strongly typed classes with public properties and fields that are converted to XML. System.Xml.Serialization contains the classes necessary for serializing and deserializing XML.

From MSDN

Upvotes: 7

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