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XSerializer
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XML XSerializer's XML serialization handles properties and types that the System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer does not handle, such as interfaces and dictionaries. It is meant to be a drop-in replacement for the BCL XmlSerializer - it uses the same attributes: [XmlElement], [XmlAttribute], etc. JSON JSON serialization in XSerializer has better performance than JSON.NET (Newtonsoft). It also has better support for deserialization into a variable or field of type dynamic. Encryption XSerializer's XML and JSON serializers support the concept of field-level encryption. Properties that are decorated with an [Encrypt] attribute have their values encrypted/decrypted automatically. The actual mechanism to encrypt these fields is exposed through the IEncryptionMechanism interface - users of the encrypt feature are expected to implement this interface in their project.
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XML XSerializer's XML serialization handles properties and types that the System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer does not handle, such as interfaces and dictionaries. It is meant to be a drop-in replacement for the BCL XmlSerializer - it uses the same attributes: [XmlElement], [XmlAttribute], etc. JSON JSON serialization in XSerializer has better performance than JSON.NET (Newtonsoft). It also has better support for deserialization into a variable or field of type dynamic. Encryption XSerializer's XML and JSON serializers support the concept of field-level encryption. Properties that are decorated with an [Encrypt] attribute have their values encrypted/decrypted automatically. The actual mechanism to encrypt these fields is exposed through the IEncryptionMechanism interface - users of the encrypt feature are expected to implement this interface in their project.
We found that xserializer demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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