Formatter Class (System.Runtime.Serialization)

Formatter Class

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Provides base functionality for the common language runtime serialization formatters.

This API is not CLS-compliant.

Namespace: System.Runtime.Serialization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

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<SerializableAttribute> _
<CLSCompliantAttribute(False)> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public MustInherit Class Formatter _
	Implements IFormatter

Remarks

Formatter is the abstract base class for all runtime serialization formatters, and provides some helper methods for implementing the IFormatter interface. The Formatter also manages queuing objects for serialization and generating IDs on a per-object basis.

Notes to Inheritors

When you inherit from Formatter, you must override the following members:

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatter

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Reference

Formatter Members

System.Runtime.Serialization Namespace

ObjectIDGenerator

Other Resources

[<topic://cpconserialization>]

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