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DesignerSerializationManager.ValidateRecycledTypes Property

Gets or sets a flag indicating whether the CreateInstance method will verify that matching names refer to the same type.

Namespace:  System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization
Assembly:  System.Design (in System.Design.dll)
public bool ValidateRecycledTypes { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if CreateInstance verifies types; otherwise, false if it does not. The default is true.
Exception Condition
InvalidOperationException

The serialization manager has an active serialization session.

The ValidateRecycledTypes property modifies the behavior of the CreateInstance method when the RecycleInstances property is true, as detailed in the following table.

RecycleInstances

ValidateRecycledTypes

Behavior of CreateInstance

false

true or false

Always create a new instance of the specified type

true

false

If a matching instance is found it is returned, regardless of its type.

true

true

If a matching instance is found, it is returned only if its type is the same as specified in the method call.

ValidateRecycledTypes is useful for morphing one type of object to another if they have similar properties but share no common parent or interface.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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