2 // System.DelegateSerializationHolder.cs
5 // Lluis Sanchez Gual (lsg@ctv.es)
7 // (C) 2003 Lluis Sanchez Gual
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33 using System.Reflection;
34 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
39 internal class DelegateSerializationHolder: ISerializable, IObjectReference
41 Delegate _delegate; // The deserialized delegate
49 string targetTypeAssembly;
50 string targetTypeName;
52 public DelegateEntry delegateEntry; // next delegate in the invocation list
54 // A DelegateEntry holds information about a delegate that is part
55 // of an invocation list of a multicast delegate.
56 public DelegateEntry (Delegate del, string targetLabel)
58 type = del.GetType().FullName;
59 assembly = del.GetType().Assembly.FullName;
61 targetTypeAssembly = del.Method.DeclaringType.Assembly.FullName;
62 targetTypeName = del.Method.DeclaringType.FullName;
63 methodName = del.Method.Name;
66 public Delegate DeserializeDelegate (SerializationInfo info)
68 object realTarget = null;
70 realTarget = info.GetValue (target.ToString(), typeof(object));
72 Assembly dasm = Assembly.Load (assembly);
73 Type dt = dasm.GetType (type);
75 if (realTarget != null)
76 del = Delegate.CreateDelegate (dt, realTarget, methodName);
78 Assembly tasm = Assembly.Load (targetTypeAssembly);
79 Type tt = tasm.GetType (targetTypeName);
80 del = Delegate.CreateDelegate (dt, tt, methodName);
83 if (!del.Method.IsPublic)
84 throw new SerializationException (Locale.GetText (
85 "Serialization will not deserialize delegates to non-public methods."));
91 DelegateSerializationHolder(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctx)
93 DelegateEntry entryChain = (DelegateEntry)info.GetValue ("Delegate", typeof(DelegateEntry));
95 // Count the number of delegates to combine
97 DelegateEntry entry = entryChain;
98 while (entry != null) {
99 entry = entry.delegateEntry;
103 // Deserializes and combines the delegates
105 _delegate = entryChain.DeserializeDelegate (info);
108 Delegate[] delegates = new Delegate[count];
110 for (int n=0; n<count; n++)
112 delegates[n] = entry.DeserializeDelegate (info);
113 entry = entry.delegateEntry;
115 _delegate = Delegate.Combine (delegates);
119 public static void GetDelegateData (Delegate instance, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctx)
121 // Fills a SerializationInfo object with the information of the delegate.
123 Delegate[] delegates = instance.GetInvocationList ();
124 DelegateEntry lastEntry = null;
125 for (int n=0; n<delegates.Length; n++) {
126 Delegate del = delegates[n];
127 string targetLabel = (del.Target != null) ? ("target" + n) : null;
128 DelegateEntry entry = new DelegateEntry (del, targetLabel);
130 if (lastEntry == null)
131 info.AddValue ("Delegate", entry);
133 lastEntry.delegateEntry = entry;
136 if (del.Target != null)
137 info.AddValue (targetLabel, del.Target);
139 info.SetType (typeof (DelegateSerializationHolder));
142 public void GetObjectData (SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
145 throw new NotSupportedException ();
148 public object GetRealObject (StreamingContext context)