Why does SerializationInfo not have TryGetValue methods?

Question

When implementing the ISerializable interface in C#, we provide a constructor which takes a SerializationInfo object, and then queries it with various

Answer 1

Well no one answered 'why', but I'm guessing that's addressed to MS..

My implementation for anyone in need:

public static class SerializationInfoExtensions
{
    public static bool TryGetValue(this SerializationInfo serializationInfo, string name, out T value)
    {
        try
        {
            value = (T) serializationInfo.GetValue(name, typeof(T));
            return true;
        }
        catch (SerializationException)
        {
            value = default(T);
            return false;
        }
    }

    public static T GetValueOrDefault(this SerializationInfo serializationInfo, string name, Lazy defaultValue)
    {
        try
        {
            return (T) serializationInfo.GetValue(name, typeof(T));
        }
        catch (SerializationException)
        {
            return defaultValue.Value;
        }
    }
}