Obsolete attribute causes property to be ignored by XmlSerialization

Question

I\'m refactoring some objects that are serialized to XML but need to keep a few properties for backwards compatibility, I\'ve got a method that converts the old object into

Answer 1

Yes I agree with marking things with the name "Obsolete" we do this with Enum values

/// 

/// Determines the swap file location for a cluster.
/// 
/// This enum contains the original text based values for backwards compatibility with versions previous to "8.1".
public enum VMwareClusterSwapFileLocation
{

    /// 

    /// The swap file location is unknown.
    /// 
    Unknown = 0,

    /// 

    /// The swap file is stored in the virtual machine directory.
    /// 
    VmDirectory = 1,

    /// 

    /// The swap file is stored in the datastore specified by the host.
    /// 
    HostLocal = 2,

    /// 

    /// The swap file is stored in the virtual machine directory. This value is obsolete and used for backwards compatibility.
    /// 
    [XmlElement("vmDirectory")]
    ObseleteVmDirectory = 3,

    /// 

    /// The swap file is stored in the datastore specified by the host. This value is obsolete and used for backwards compatibility.
    /// 
    [XmlElement("hostLocal")]
    ObseleteHostLocal = 4,




}