== Why is this an issue? include::../description.adoc[] === Noncompliant code example [source,csharp] ---- [Serializable] public class Foo { [OptionalField(VersionAdded = 2)] int optionalField = 5; } ---- === Compliant solution [source,csharp] ---- [Serializable] public class Foo { [OptionalField(VersionAdded = 2)] int optionalField = 5; [OnDeserializing] void OnDeserializing(StreamingContext context) { optionalField = 5; } [OnDeserialized] void OnDeserialized(StreamingContext context) { // Set optionalField if dependent on other deserialized values. } } ---- ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[] ''' == Implementation Specification (visible only on this page) include::../message.adoc[] include::../highlighting.adoc[] ''' == Comments And Links (visible only on this page) include::../comments-and-links.adoc[] endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]