How to check if an object is serializable in C#

Question

I am looking for an easy way to check if an object in C# is serializable.

As we know you make an object serializable by either implementing the ISerializable

Answer 1

The exception object might be serializable , but using an other exception which is not. This is what I just had with WCF System.ServiceModel.FaultException: FaultException is serializable but ExceptionDetail is not!

So I am using the following:

// Check if the exception is serializable and also the specific ones if generic
var exceptionType = ex.GetType();
var allSerializable = exceptionType.IsSerializable;
if (exceptionType.IsGenericType)
    {
        Type[] typeArguments = exceptionType.GetGenericArguments();
        allSerializable = typeArguments.Aggregate(allSerializable, (current, tParam) => current & tParam.IsSerializable);
    }
 if (!allSerializable)
    {
        // Create a new Exception for not serializable exceptions!
        ex = new Exception(ex.Message);
    }