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title: "XStream.NET - Serialize almost anything easily?"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/6/13/xstreamnet-serialize-almost-anything-easily.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/6/13/xstreamnet-serialize-almost-anything-easily.html"
published: "2005-06-13T22:05:00"
updated: "2005-06-13T22:05:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "XStream.NET provides transparent XML object serialization. Unlike default XmlSerializer, XStream doesn't require any additional metadata (attributes) and could be used with any object. [via dreamprojections ] (via Jon…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# XStream.NET - Serialize almost anything easily?

By Roy Osherove June 13, 2005 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations)

**Historical article** · Originally published June 13, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

[_XStream.NET_](http://www.jroller.com/page/CoBraLorD/20050427) _provides transparent XML object serialization. Unlike default XmlSerializer, XStream doesn't require any additional metadata (attributes) and could be used with any object._

\[via [dreamprojections](http://blog.dreamprojections.com/archive/2005/05/16/873.aspx)\]

(via [Jon Galloway](https://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2005/06/13/412028.aspx) )

Looks spiffy, even works with IDictionary...

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