Suppress Base Class XML Serialization

Julio Bello 221

Hi, Everybody!...

I have a base class and a derived class. I wish to only serialize the derived class. How do I suppress the base class from being serialized when I serialize the derived class?

Thank-you for taking the time to read this.

1 answer

Wellington Faustino 1 Reputation point

2022-08-07T15:50:06.273+00:00

You will have to override the serialization method in the extended class, and in this method implement the logic you want. As for the fields, maybe you could create a new instance of the child and assign only the desired fields/values and ignore the base class.

I hope I've helped
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Julio Bello 221 Reputation points

2022-08-10T10:38:27.68+00:00

Hi, wellfaustino...

Thank-you for your consideration and getting back to me.

Isn't there a DataContractSerializer attribute (or attribute parameter) that can be applied to the base class?... That would be ideal.

Otherwise... Which serialization method in the extended class will I need to override?

The second part sounds pretty "messy".

Wellington Faustino 1 Reputation point

2022-08-10T14:00:09.72+00:00

Hi, i had understood that there was a serialize method in the base class. But OK.
There are two other alternatives for the using System.Xml.Serialization:

mark the properties/fields in the base class with [XmlIgnore] annotation;

override XmlSerialization like this example. system.xml.serialization.soapignoreattribute
I hope I've helped
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