2 // System.SerializableAttribute.cs
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32 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
37 /// Serialization Attribute for classes.
41 /// Use SerializableAttribute to mark classes that do not implement
42 /// the ISerializable interface but that want to be serialized.
44 /// Failing to do so will cause the system to throw an exception.
46 /// When a class is market with the SerializableAttribute, all the
47 /// fields are automatically serialized with the exception of those
48 /// that are tagged with the NonSerializedAttribute.
50 /// SerializableAttribute should only be used for classes that contain
51 /// simple data types that can be serialized and deserialized by the
52 /// runtime (typically you would use NonSerializedAttribute on data
53 /// that can be reconstructed at any point: like caches or precomputed
57 [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Struct
58 | AttributeTargets.Enum | AttributeTargets.Delegate,
61 public sealed class SerializableAttribute : Attribute