Is reflection and XML persistance a WTF?



  • There is a C# service I have come accross that saves and loads its settings using a combination of the .net XML classes and reflection. The code iterates over a class using reflection and then creates an XML document based on the values of the properties. Is this a WTF or is this common practice?



  • Is there any good reason for not using XMLSerializer? Perhaps they're trying to be compatible with some external tool? If not, I would say that this is a WTF.


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