XmlSerializer, “Specified” suffix and IReflect

Question

I\'ve discovered that if a serializable Field/Property has a corresponding field of type Boolean having as a name the Field/Property name with \"S

Answer 1

Code sample as an extension to the provided answer;

WSDL:

Generated .net SOAP client class

System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Xml", "4.7.3056.0")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(Namespace="your namespace")]
public partial class advancedSearchRequest : object, System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged {

    private vehicleType vehicleTypeField;

    private bool vehicleTypeFieldSpecified;

    private string searchField;


    /// 
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Form=System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified, Order=0)]
    public vehicleType vehicleType {
        get {
            return this.vehicleTypeField;
        }
        set {
            this.vehicleTypeField = value;
            this.RaisePropertyChanged("vehicleType");
        }
    }

    /// 
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
    public bool vehicleTypeSpecified {
        get {
            return this.vehicleTypeFieldSpecified;
        }
        set {
            this.vehicleTypeFieldSpecified = value;
            this.RaisePropertyChanged("vehicleTypeSpecified");
        }
    }

    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Form=System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified, Order=3)]
    public string search {
        get {
            return this.searchField;
        }
        set {
            this.searchField = value;
            this.RaisePropertyChanged("search");
        }
    }

}

You can set "vehicleTypeFieldSpecified" = {true/false} to {serialize/omit} it;

advancedSearchRequest.vehicleTypeField = vehicleType.BIKE;
advancedSearchRequest.vehicleTypeFieldSpecified = true;

Resulting SOAP message;

 BIKE
 abc