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What’s the difference between using the Serializable attribute & implementing ISerializable?

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When you use the SerializableAttribute attribute you are putting an attribute on a field at compile-time in such a way that when at run-time, the serializing facilities will know what to serialize based on the attributes by performing reflection on the class/module/assembly type. [Serializable] public class MyFoo { … } The above indicates that the … Read more

What is the point of the ISerializable interface?

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ISerializable is used to provide custom binary serialization, usually for BinaryFormatter (and perhaps for remoting purposes). Without it, it uses the fields, which can be: inefficient; if there are fields that are only used for efficiency at runtime, but can be removed for serialization (for example, a dictionary may look different when serialized) inefficient; as … Read more

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