http://blogs.msdn.com/kaevans/archive/2006/03/08/546172.aspxThe XmlSerializerFactory is a new class in .NET 2.0 that provides a factory pattern over the XmlSerializer. It maintains the cache of generated assemblies so that you can avoid the XmlSerializer leaks . Usage doesn't impact your code much at all. Hereen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/kaevans/archive/2006/03/08/546172.aspx#547015Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:48:16 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:547015Jason Haley