Table 1: Four attributes and associated methods that correspond to the four stages involved in the serialization/deserialization process implemented in the .NET Framework.
| Attribute | Method Signature | Description |
| OnDeserializing | private void DeSerializing(StreamingContext context) |
This method is called during deserialization of an object. |
| OnDeserialized | private void DeSerialized(StreamingContext context) |
This method is called after deserialization of an object is complete. |
| OnSerializing | private void Serializing(StreamingContext context) |
This method is called during serialization of an object. |
| OnSerialized | private void Serialized(StreamingContext Context} |
This method is called after serialization of an object is complete. |
