Using XmlSerializer with private and public const properties

Question

What\'s the simplest way to get XmlSerializer to also serialize private and \"public const\" properties of a class or struct? Right not all it will output for me is things

Answer 1

Check out DataContractSerializer, introduced in .NET 3.0. It also uses XML format, and in many ways, it is better than XmlSerializer, including dealing with private data. See http://www.danrigsby.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/07/xmlserializer-vs-datacontractserializer-serialization-in-wcf/ for a full comparison.

If you only have .NET 2.0, there's the BinarySerializer that can deal with private data, but of course it's a binary format.