C# Deserialization and constructor initialization
This is an example how to recreate non serialized member of the class on deserialization. class TestSerialization { [Test] public void Test() { var parent = new Parent(2,3); // serialize byte [] data = SerializationHelper.Serialize(parent); // deserialize var parentCopy = SerializationHelper.Deserialize(data) as Parent; Assert.AreEqual(2, parentCopy.Value1); //confirm that constructor is not called on deserialization Assert.AreEqual(6, parentCopy.Value2); } [Serializable] class Parent { public Parent( int value 1, int value 2) { _value1 = value 1; _value2 = value 2 * 2; //Child object is not serialized, so needs to be recreated on deserialization (see below) _child = new Child() { Value1 = _value1, Value2 = _value2 }; } private int _value1; private int _value2; [NonSerialized] private Child _child; public int Value1 { get { return _child.Value1; } } ...