Nested Serialization

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Chuck Bowling

When you use the [Serializable] tag are nested classes also serialized?

If so, can you just use a [NonSerialized] tag to exclude them from the
stream?
 
Chuck,

If a class is nested, it only means that the class is defined within
another class. This is not serialized unless the parent class holds a
reference to an instance of the nested class.

If you want to prevent a field from being serialized, then you can place
the NonSerialized attribute on the field to keep it from being serialized.

Hope this helps.
 
Thanks Nicholas.

I would have tested it myself but figured somebody here would probably know
without going thru the trouble...

Nicholas Paldino said:
Chuck,

If a class is nested, it only means that the class is defined within
another class. This is not serialized unless the parent class holds a
reference to an instance of the nested class.

If you want to prevent a field from being serialized, then you can place
the NonSerialized attribute on the field to keep it from being serialized.

Hope this helps.


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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
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Chuck Bowling said:
When you use the [Serializable] tag are nested classes also serialized?

If so, can you just use a [NonSerialized] tag to exclude them from the
stream?
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