Difference between NonSerialized and Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnore?

Question

We\'re serializing/deserializing a class from XML but there are properties and fields in the class which we want to exclude.

The System.NonSerialized

Answer 1

NonSerialized applies to more types of serialization than XML. You would use NonSerialized if you were serializing to binary or SOAP, and XmlIgnore if you were strictly serializing to XML using an XmlSerializer. See the remarks section of the NonSerializedAttribute class at MSDN.