How can I prevent a datamember from being serialized

Question

I only want only to de-serializing a certain data member, without serializing it.

I understand I can set EmitDefaultValue =false, and set the value to null.

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Answer 1

There is the attribute System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute wich say to xmkserializers to ignore your property. But it only change xml serialization behavior.