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This sample illustrates how to use the ISerializable interface to customize the serialization of your own objects. This sample serializes objects based on the mscorlib assembly namespace tree structure. Each object contains a property as the name of the item and a list of children as per the real object in the mscorlib assembly. To demonstrate the customization possible with ISerializable, "(SAVED)" is appended to the namespace name to indicate that the values are not live. When the data is read back in, this tag could be modified or removed. Note: This sample requires the System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.dll.