Is there a way to avoid the XmlSerializer to not initialize a null property when deserializing?

Question

I have this class:

public class MySerializableClass
{
    public List MyList { get; set; }
}

If MyList is null when MySeria

Answer 1

Don't use Auto-Implemented Properties if you need a null there. use e.g.

public class MySerializableClass 
{ 
    List myList 
    public List MyList { get {return myList;} set {myList = value;} } 
}