XML serialization can take more than one form, from simple to complex. For example, you can serialize a class that simply consists of public fields and properties, as shown in Introducing XML ...

This example reads object data that was previously written to an XML file using the <xref:System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer> class. Replace the file name "c:\temp\SerializationOverview.xml" with ...

Serialization converts an object's state into a stream of bytes so that it can be persisted in a permanent or temporary storage medium When working with applications, you’ll often need to store data ...