> Hi,
> I have a class that contains user configuration settings
> and I would like to save it on disk when program exits
> and restore data when program starts. XmlSerializer seems
> like a natural choice. And it works fine. There is only
> one problem. All members of the class must be declared
> public in order to be serialized. It breaks the
> encapsulation and can potentially be a problem (some
> members should only be set through functions because they
> have side effects).
>
> Is there a way to serialize a private member? Maybe an
> attribute?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Gregory