Serialization

[DataDefinition]
public sealed partial class MyClass {}

[DataDefinition]
public partial struct MyStruct {}

[ImplicitDataDefinitionForInheritors]
public interface IContainer {}

[ImplicitDataDefinitionForInheritors]
public abstract class BaseType {}

// Container will be a DataDefinition
public sealed partial class Container : IContainer {}

// SomeStruct will be a DataDefinition
public partial struct SomeStruct : IContainer {}

// SomeType will be a DataDefinition
public sealed partial class SomeType : BaseType {}

[MeansDataDefinition]
public sealed class PrototypeAttribute : Attribute {
    ...
}

// Any class tagged with [Prototype] will automatically become a data definition.

[DataField]
protected Color Color { get; set; } = Color.White;

color: White

[DataField("colorValue")]
protected Color Color { get; set; } = Color.White;

colorValue: White

[DataField(customTypeSerializer: typeof(ConstantSerializer<DrawDepthTag>))]
private int DrawDepth { get; set; } = DrawDepthTag.Default;

/// <summary>
///     Tag type for defining the representation of rendering draw depth in
///     terms of named constants in the content. To understand more about the
///     point of this type, see the <see cref="ConstantsForAttribute"/>.
/// </summary>
public sealed class DrawDepth
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     The default draw depth. The content enum which represents draw depth
    ///     should respect this value, since it is used in the engine.
    /// </summary>
    public const int Default = 0;
}

public sealed partial class SpriteComponent
{
    [DataField(customTypeSerializer: typeof(ConstantSerializer<DrawDepthTag>))]
    private int DrawDepth { get; set; } = DrawDepthTag.Default;
}

/// <summary>
///     Tag type for defining the representation of the collision layer bitmask
///     in terms of readable names in the content. To understand more about the
///     point of this type, see the <see cref="FlagsForAttribute"/>.
/// </summary>
public sealed class CollisionLayer {}

public sealed partial class PhysShapeRect
{
    [DataField(customTypeSerializer: typeof(FlagSerializer<CollisionLayer>))]
    private int CollisionLayer { get; set; }
}