c# - Prevent Property from being serialized

Question

I tried something like this:

    [NonSerialized]
    private string _DecodeText;
    public string DecodeText { get { return _DecodeText; } set { _DecodeText = value; } }

But it does not work. "DecodeText" is still in the serialized file. How can i prevent the property from serializing?

Answer 1

I Suspect you're using the XmlSerializer? If so use the [XmlIgnore] attribute instead.

This should be applied to the property instead of the backing field as the XmlSerializer serializes public fields and properties (whereas the BinaryFormatter uses refelction to get at the private fields - hence the marking of the private field with NonSerialized when using a BinaryFormatter).