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BinaryFormatter serialization is obsolete and should not be used. Seehttps://aka.ms/binaryformatter for more information.
Provides functionality for formatting serialized objects.
public interface class IFormatter
[System.Obsolete("BinaryFormatter serialization is obsolete and should not be used. See https://aka.ms/binaryformatter for more information.", DiagnosticId="SYSLIB0011", UrlFormat="https://aka.ms/dotnet-warnings/{0}")]public interface IFormatter
public interface IFormatter
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]public interface IFormatter
[<System.Obsolete("BinaryFormatter serialization is obsolete and should not be used. See https://aka.ms/binaryformatter for more information.", DiagnosticId="SYSLIB0011", UrlFormat="https://aka.ms/dotnet-warnings/{0}")>]type IFormatter = interface
type IFormatter = interface
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)>]type IFormatter = interface
Public Interface IFormatter
This interface must be implemented by any class identified as a formatter in theSystem.Runtime.Serialization architecture.
Objects controlling their own serialization can do so by implementing theISerializable interface. In order for an object to be serialized, you must mark that object as being serializable. You can do this by applying the serializable attribute to a class. If any object in the graph is not serializable, serialization will fail.
All formatters must implement this interface. UseSerialize(Stream, Object) to serialize an object or graph of objects. UseDeserialize(Stream) to deserialize a stream and create a clone of the original object or graph of objects.
Binder | Gets or sets theSerializationBinder that performs type lookups during deserialization. |
Context | Gets or sets theStreamingContext used for serialization and deserialization. |
SurrogateSelector | Gets or sets theSurrogateSelector used by the current formatter. |
Deserialize(Stream) | Obsolete. Deserializes the data on the provided stream and reconstitutes the graph of objects. |
Serialize(Stream, Object) | Obsolete. Serializes an object, or graph of objects with the given root to the provided stream. |
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