Serialize a nullable int

I'm using this micro-pattern to implement Nullable serialization:

[XmlIgnore]
public double? SomeValue { get; set; }

[XmlAttribute("SomeValue")] // or [XmlElement("SomeValue")]
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
public double XmlSomeValue { get { return SomeValue.Value; } set { SomeValue= value; } }  
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
public bool XmlSomeValueSpecified { get { return SomeValue.HasValue; } }

This provides the right interface to the user without compromise and still does the right thing when serializing.

I figured out a workaround utilizing two properties. An int? property with an XmlIgnore attribute and an object property which gets serialized.

    /// <summary>
    /// Score db record
    /// </summary>        
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnore()]
    public int? ID 
    { 
        get 
        { 
            return iID_m; 
        } 
        set 
        { 
            iID_m = value; 
        } 
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Score db record
    /// </summary>        
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement("ID",IsNullable = false)]
    public object IDValue
    {
        get
        {
            return ID;
        }
        set
        {
            if (value == null)
            {
                ID = null;
            }
            else if (value is int || value is int?)
            {
                ID = (int)value;
            }
            else
            {
                ID = int.Parse(value.ToString());
            }
        }
    }

XmlSerializer supports the ShouldSerialize{Foo}() pattern, so you can add a method:

public bool ShouldSerializeID() {return ID.HasValue;}

There is also the {Foo}Specified pattern - not sure if XmlSerializer supports that one.