How does WCF deserialization instantiate objects without calling a constructor?

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FormatterServices.GetUninitializedObject() will create an instance without calling a constructor. I found this class by using Reflector and digging through some of the core .Net serialization classes.

I tested it using the sample code below and it looks like it works great:

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;

namespace NoConstructorThingy
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // does not call ctor
            var myClass = (MyClass)FormatterServices.GetUninitializedObject(typeof(MyClass));

            Console.WriteLine(myClass.One); // writes "0", constructor not called
            Console.WriteLine(myClass.Two); // writes "0", field initializer not called
        }
    }

    public class MyClass
    {
        public MyClass()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("MyClass ctor called.");
            One = 1;
        }

        public int One { get; private set; }
        public readonly int Two = 2;
    }
}

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