Can an internal setter of a property be serialized?

Question

Is there any way to serialize a property with an internal setter in C#?
I understand that this might be problematic - but if there is a way - I would like to know.

Answer 1

If it is an option, DataContractSerializer (.NET 3.0) can serialize non-public properties:

[DataContract]
public class Person
{
    [DataMember]
    public int ID { get; internal set; }
    [DataMember]
    public string Name { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public int Age { get; set; }
}
...
static void Main()
{
    Person person = new Person();
    person.Age = 27;
    person.Name = "Patrik";
    person.ID = 1;

    DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Person));
    XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(@"c:\test.xml");
    serializer.WriteObject(writer, person);
    writer.Close();
}

With the xml (re-formatted):

    27
    1
    Patrik