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 you're doing "default" XML serialization it will only look at public properties. Implementing IXmlSerializable will get you control over exactly what is serialized. If you're doing "standard" .NET serialization, it will look at fields - not properties, so your object will still be correctly serialized without any need for implementing any extra interfaces.