SurrogateSelector Class (System.Runtime.Serialization)

SurrogateSelector Class

.NET Framework 4

Assists formatters in selection of the serialization surrogate to delegate the serialization or deserialization process to.

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

Syntax

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'Declaration

<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Class SurrogateSelector _
	Implements ISurrogateSelector

Remarks

A serialization surrogate gives the users an object that can handle the serialization requirements of a different object and can transform the serialized data if necessary.

Examples

The following code example shows how to make a serialization surrogate class that knows how to properly serialize or deserialize a class that is not itself serializable. In addition, this example also shows how to recover from a SerializationException.

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Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Runtime.Serialization.SurrogateSelector
System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Serialization.ActivitySurrogateSelector

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

SurrogateSelector Members

System.Runtime.Serialization Namespace

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