using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Runtime.Serialization;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

​

[Serializable]

class SomeThing {

    private string _someProperty = "some value";

    public string SomeProperty {

        get { 

            Console.WriteLine("hit");

            return _someProperty;

        }

    }

}

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var o = new SomeThing();

        using (var ms = new MemoryStream())

        {

            var bf = new BinaryFormatter(null, new StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates.Clone));

            bf.Serialize(ms, o);

            ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

            object oOut = bf.Deserialize(ms);

            Console.WriteLine("done");

        }

    }

}