Why XML-Serializable class need a parameterless constructor

Question

I\'m writing code to do Xml serialization. With below function.

public static string SerializeToXml(object obj)
{
    XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSeria         


        

Answer 1

First of all, this what is written in documentation. I think it is one of your class fields, not the main one - and how you want deserialiser to construct it back w/o parameterless construction ?

I think there is a workaround to make constructor private.