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To illustrate the process of applying attributes in C#, assume you wish to build a class named

Motorcycle that can be persisted in a binary format. To do so, simply apply the [Serializable]

attribute to the class definition. If you have a field that should not be persisted, you may apply the

[NonSerialized] attribute:

// This class can be saved to disk.

[Serializable]

public class Motorcycle

{

// However this field will not be persisted.

[NonSerialized]

float weightOfCurrentPassengers;

// These fields are still serializable.

bool hasRadioSystem;

bool hasHeadSet;

bool hasSissyBar;

}