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IgnoreDataMemberAttribute Class

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When applied to the member of a type, specifies that the member is not part of a data contract and is not serialized.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.Runtime.Serialization.IgnoreDataMemberAttribute

Namespace:  System.Runtime.Serialization
Assembly:  System.Runtime.Serialization (in System.Runtime.Serialization.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property Or AttributeTargets.Field, Inherited := False,  _
    AllowMultiple := False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class IgnoreDataMemberAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property|AttributeTargets.Field, Inherited = false, 
    AllowMultiple = false)]
public sealed class IgnoreDataMemberAttribute : Attribute

The IgnoreDataMemberAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone IgnoreDataMemberAttribute Initializes a new instance of the IgnoreDataMemberAttribute class.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Match When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

By default, the DataContractSerializer serializes all publicly visible types, read/write properties and fields, or types to which the DataContractAttribute or DataMemberAttribute attributes have been applied. Apply the IgnoreDataMemberAttribute attribute to opt-out of this default DataContractSerializer behavior.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.