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

In addition to the enumerating solution, there is an internal method SerializationInfo.GetValueNoThrow() according to the Reference Source.

You can e.g. make an extension method like this and avoid the exception overhead:

static class SerializationInfoExtensions
{
    private static MethodInfo _GetValueNoThrow =
        typeof(SerializationInfo).GetMethod("GetValueNoThrow",
                                            BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);

    public static Object GetOptValue(this SerializationInfo info, String name, Type type)
    {
        return _GetValueNoThrow.Invoke(info, new object[] { name, type });
    }
}