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FormatterServices Class

Provides static methods to aid with the implementation of a Formatter for serialization. This class cannot be inherited.

System.Object
  System.Runtime.Serialization.FormatterServices

Namespace:  System.Runtime.Serialization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public sealed class FormatterServices

The FormatterServices type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method Static member CheckTypeSecurity Determines whether the specified Type can be deserialized with the TypeFilterLevel property set to Low.
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Static member GetObjectData Extracts the data from the specified object and returns it as an array of objects.
Public method Static member GetSafeUninitializedObject Creates a new instance of the specified object type.
Public method Static member GetSerializableMembers(Type) Gets all the serializable members for a class of the specified Type.
Public method Static member GetSerializableMembers(Type, StreamingContext) Gets all the serializable members for a class of the specified Type and in the provided StreamingContext.
Public method Static member GetSurrogateForCyclicalReference Returns a serialization surrogate for the specified ISerializationSurrogate.
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Static member GetTypeFromAssembly Looks up the Type of the specified object in the provided Assembly.
Public method Static member GetUninitializedObject Creates a new instance of the specified object type.
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Static member PopulateObjectMembers Populates the specified object with values for each field drawn from the data array of objects.
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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.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

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), 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.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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