2 // System.Runtime.Serialization.IFormatter
5 // David Dawkins (david@dawkins.st)
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35 namespace System.Runtime.Serialization {
38 /// Formatting for serialized objects</summary>
39 [System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisibleAttribute (true)]
40 public interface IFormatter {
47 /// Get or set the SerializationBinder used
48 /// for looking up types during deserialization</summary>
49 SerializationBinder Binder
56 /// Get or set the StreamingContext used for serialization
57 /// and deserialization</summary>
58 StreamingContext Context
65 /// Get or set the SurrogateSelector used by the current
66 /// formatter</summary>
67 ISurrogateSelector SurrogateSelector
74 /// Deserialize data from the specified stream, rebuilding
75 /// the object hierarchy</summary>
77 Stream serializationStream
81 /// Serialize the specified object to the specified stream.
82 /// Object may be the root of a graph of objects to be
83 /// serialized</summary>
85 Stream serializationStream,