---
title: "Testing XML serialization attributes"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2008/4/24/testing-xml-serialization-attributes.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2008/4/24/testing-xml-serialization-attributes.html"
published: "2008-04-24T19:42:23"
updated: "2008-04-24T19:42:23"
tags: [".NET", "Agile Related", "Art Of Unit Testing", "Testing Guidelines", "Unit Testing"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Not sure how I feel about this particular brand of testing syntax . still, it's good that someone thought this problem through - testing xml serialization attributes. [via the morning brew ]"
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/"
---

# Testing XML serialization attributes

By Roy Osherove April 24, 2008 In [.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net), [Agile Related](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile-related), [Art Of Unit Testing](https://osherove.com/blog/category/art-of-unit-testing), [Testing Guidelines](https://osherove.com/blog/category/testing-guidelines), [Unit Testing](https://osherove.com/blog/category/unit-testing)

**Historical article** · Originally published April 24, 2008; technical details may be outdated.

Not sure how I feel about [this particular brand of testing syntax](http://www.sharpregion.com/post/Give-back-to-your-testing-framework.aspx). still, it's good that someone thought this problem through - testing xml serialization attributes.

\[via [the morning brew](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ReflectivePerspective/~3/276708890/)\]

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