XmlSerializer, “Specified” suffix and IReflect

Question

I\'ve discovered that if a serializable Field/Property has a corresponding field of type Boolean having as a name the Field/Property name with \"S

Answer 1

I will extend answer of Martin Peck. You can avoid serialization of the fields/properties with "Specified" suffix. You should define that "*Specified" properties in your class and apply [XmlIgnoreAttribute()] to them.

Here is an example:

[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(Namespace = "http://yournamespace.com")]
public partial class YourObject
{
    private long sessionTimeoutInSecondsField;

    private bool sessionTimeoutInSecondsFieldSpecified;

    public long sessionTimeoutInSeconds
    {
        get
        {
            return this.sessionTimeoutInSecondsField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.sessionTimeoutInSecondsField = value;
        }
    }

    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
    public bool sessionTimeoutInSecondsSpecified
    {
        get
        {
            return this.sessionTimeoutInSecondsFieldSpecified;
        }
        set
        {
            this.sessionTimeoutInSecondsFieldSpecified = value;
        }
    }
}