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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T10:50:45+00:00 2026-05-13T10:50:45+00:00

Just a question of curiosity. When i preserve object refernces while serializing an object

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Just a question of curiosity. When i preserve object refernces while serializing an object graph with DataContractSerializer the xml emitted where there are refrences looks like this:

<test z:Ref="1" and i:nil="true" />

Can anybody tell me why it says i:nil=”true” here? Why not just the reference?

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    2026-05-13T10:50:45+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 10:50 am

    This is because the content of the test element is empty. i:nil="true" is necessary so that the content will validate.

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