Hans Rasmussen

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DataContractSerializer – Alphabetical mystique

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.serialization.datacontractserializer.aspx
I noticed that DataContractSerializer is using serialization in alphabetical order. If you do not follow the below rules you will end up missing data after deserialization of your XML.
    [Serializable, DataContract(Namespace = "your-namespace")]
    public class YourObject : DataModelDeserializable<YourObject>
    {
        [DataMember]
        public string PostalCode { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string City { get; set; }
        [...]