mcs/class/corlib/System.Runtime.Serialization/IFormatter.cs

   1 //\r
   2 // System.Runtime.Serialization.IFormatter\r
   3 //\r
   4 // Author:\r
   5 //   David Dawkins (david@dawkins.st)\r
   6 //\r
   7 // (C) David Dawkins\r
   8 //\r
   9 \r
  10 using System.IO;\r
  11 \r
  12 namespace System.Runtime.Serialization {\r
  13 \r
  14         /// <summary>\r
  15         /// Formatting for serialized objects</summary>\r
  16         public interface IFormatter {\r
  17 \r
  18                 //\r
  19                 // Properties\r
  20                 //\r
  21 \r
  22                 /// <summary>\r
  23                 /// Get or set the SerializationBinder used\r
  24                 /// for looking up types during deserialization</summary>\r
  25                 SerializationBinder Binder \r
  26                 {\r
  27                         get; \r
  28                         set; \r
  29                 }\r
  30 \r
  31                 /// <summary>\r
  32                 /// Get or set the StreamingContext used for serialization\r
  33                 /// and deserialization</summary>\r
  34                 StreamingContext Context \r
  35                 { \r
  36                         get; \r
  37                         set; \r
  38                 }\r
  39 \r
  40                 /// <summary>\r
  41                 /// Get or set the SurrogateSelector used by the current\r
  42                 /// formatter</summary>\r
  43                 ISurrogateSelector SurrogateSelector \r
  44                 { \r
  45                         get; \r
  46                         set; \r
  47                 }\r
  48 \r
  49                 /// <summary>\r
  50                 /// Deserialize data from the specified stream, rebuilding\r
  51                 /// the object hierarchy</summary>\r
  52                 object Deserialize(\r
  53                         Stream serializationStream\r
  54                 );              \r
  55 \r
  56                 /// <summary>\r
  57                 /// Serialize the specified object to the specified stream.\r
  58                 /// Object may be the root of a graph of objects to be\r
  59                 /// serialized</summary>\r
  60                 void Serialize( \r
  61                         Stream serializationStream,\r
  62                         object graph\r
  63                 );\r
  64         }\r
  65 \r
  66 }\r