How to specify a NonSerialized field with public accessors for XML Serialization

Question

How do you specify a NonSerialized field with public accessors for XML Serialization?

[NonSerialized]
public String _fooBar;
//Declaring the property here will serialize the _fooBar field
public String FooBar
{
    get { return _fooBar; }
    set { _fooBar = value; }
}

Answer 1

Properties don't get serialized by BinaryFormatter , only fields. The [NonSerialized] attribute has no meaning for XML serialization. Use [XmlIgnore] instead.