How do I ignore an [XMLIgnore] Attribute
.net, .net-3.5, c#, xml, xml-serialization
Solution
use:
XmlAttributeOverrides
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.serialization.xmlattributes.xmlignore.aspx
Edit: (Following the question EDIT)
the property must be public and have a getter and setter to be serialized.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/182eeyhh%28VS.85%29.aspx
((see first Note))
Problem
I'm trying to serialize some objects obtained from a 3rd Party .NET Lib to an XML File. When I `Go To Definition` for the object, some of the Properties of that object are marked as `[XMLIgnore]` Is there any way to tell my `System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer` to ignore the fact that some properties have that attribute and that it should serialize everything in the object. I could probably obtain the source and recompile it without the `XMLIgnore` attributes but it'd be nice if `XmlSerializer` had some nice override property like ``` XmlSerializer xmls = new XmlSerializer( typeof(MyObject), Settings.DoNotApplyXMLAttributeRules ); ``` Thanks in advance EDIT Have tried the XmlAttributeOverrides as suggested but not having much joy. Here's the object definition (it's from the FlickrAPI for a Photo) ``` [Serializable] public class Photo { //Some code omitted [XmlIgnore] public string LargeUrl { get; } } ``` And heres the serializer code I've written... still doesn't work... ``` XmlWriter xtw = XmlWriter.Create( Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/Data.xml") ); XmlAttributes photoAttributes = new XmlAttributes(); photoAttributes.XmlIgnore = false; XmlAttributeOverrides photoOverrides = new XmlAttributeOverrides(); photoOverrides.Add(typeof(Photo), "LargeUrl", photoAttributes); XmlSerializer xmlphoto = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Photo), photoOverrides); ```