C# serialize a class without a parameterless constructor

Question

I\'m implementing a factory pattern for 3 different cryptography classes. The factory will determine which one to create and then get a serialized instance of the correct cl

Answer 1

Are PgpPublicKey and PgpPrivateKey classes defined by you? Simply add parameterless constructors to them.

They can be private if you don't want to make them accessible from outside. The deserializer can still access them.