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

If you add a property with the name *PropertyName*Specified as a boolean the XmlSerializer will render the tag for the list only when it is true.

Example:

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

    [XmlIgnore]
    public bool MyListSpecified { get; set; }
}