.net XmlSerializer, ignore base class properties

Question

Lets say we have a derivided class \"SerializableLabel\" from the base class \"System.Windows.Controls.

[XmlRoot(\"SerializableLabel\")]
public class Seriali         


        

Answer 1

One possible root of the above problems (including the one pointed out by JP) is that your class hierarchy tries to violate the Liskov Substitution Principle. In simpler terms, the derived class tries not to do what the base class already does. In still other words, you're trying to create a derived label that is not substitutable for the base label.

The most effective remedy here may involve decoupling the two things that SerializableLabel is tries to do, (a) UI-related functions and (b) storing serializable data, and having them in different classes.