namespace Noddy2

{

#region Class to be serialised

[Serializable()]

public class Clue

{

[DefaultValue("Nothing To See Here")] //Comment out and it won’t assert

public string seen;//Set “Nothing To See Here” here to to work around

};

#endregion

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

Clue clue = new Clue();

clue.seen = “Nothing To See Here”;

//Serialise the clue…

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Clue));

using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(sb))

{

xs.Serialize(sw, clue);

}

string serialised = sb.ToString();

//Show serialised version of the clue…

Console.WriteLine(“Clue1:”);

Console.WriteLine(serialised);

//Deserialise the clue…

Clue clue2;

using (StringReader sr = new StringReader(serialised))

{

clue2 = (Clue)xs.Deserialize(sr);

}

Debug.Assert(clue.seen == clue2.seen, “Clues don’t match”);

//Show clue 2 on console

sb.Length = 0;

using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(sb))

{

xs.Serialize(sw, clue2);

Console.WriteLine(“Clue2:”);

Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());

}

}

}

}