Ignore inherited class when serializing object

Question

When I inherit from a class and serialize the new class I get all all properties. How can I prevent that? I have no control over the class that I inherit from. So I can\'t add

Answer 1

If B inherits from A, it inherits PropertyA, and there's nothing you can do about it. If you don't want to serialize PropertyA when serializing an instance of B, perhaps you shouldn't be inheriting A in the first place...

Anyway, I don't think XML serialization can help you with what you're trying to do, unless you implement IXmlSerializable yourself...