Immutability and XML Serialization

Question

I have several classes that are immutable once their initial values are set. Eric Lippert calls this write-once immutability.

Implementing write-once immutability in

Answer 1

If the class is truly immutable, just use public readonly fields marked with attributes.

 [DataContract()]
 public class Immutable
 {
      [DataMember(IsRequired=true)]
      public readonly string Member;

      public Immutable(string member)
      {
           Member = member;
      }
 }