CodeDomSerializer Class
Serializes an object graph to a series of CodeDOM statements. This class provides an abstract base class for a serializer.
Assembly: System.Design (in System.Design.dll)
System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization::CodeDomSerializerBase
System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization::CodeDomSerializer
System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization::CollectionCodeDomSerializer
System.Windows.Forms.Design::ImageListCodeDomSerializer
System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Serialization::DependencyObjectCodeDomSerializer
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | CodeDomSerializer() | Initializes a new instance of the CodeDomSerializer class. |
You can implement a custom CodeDomSerializer to control the generation of component initialization code for a type of component at design time.
To implement a custom CodeDomSerializer for a type, you must:
Define a class that derives from CodeDomSerializer.
Implement method overrides for serialization or deserialization methods. (See the information below for details.)
Associate your custom CodeDomSerializer implementation with a type of component using a DesignerSerializerAttribute.
To implement a serialization method for generating configuration code for a component:
Within a class that derives from CodeDomSerializer, override an appropriate serialization or deserialization method of the base class.
If you want the default serializer to generate code statements that perform the default component configuration, you must obtain and call the base serializer for the component. To obtain the base serializer for the component, call the GetSerializer method of the IDesignerSerializationManager passed to your method override. Pass the GetSerializer method the type of the component to serialize the configuration of, along with the base type of serializer you are requesting, which is CodeDomSerializer. Call the method of the same name you are overriding on the base serializer, using the IDesignerSerializationManager and object passed to your method override. If you are implementing the Serialize method, the Serialize method of the base serializer will return an object. The type of this object depends on the type of base serializer which depends on the type of component you are serializing the values of. If you are implementing the SerializeEvents, SerializeProperties, or SerializePropertiesToResources method, you must create a new CodeStatementCollection to contain the generated code statements, and pass it to the method.
If you have called a base serializer method, you will have a CodeStatementCollection that contains the statements to generate to initialize the component. Otherwise you should create a CodeStatementCollection. You can add CodeStatement objects representing statements to generate in the component configuration code to this collection.
Return the CodeStatementCollection that represents the source code to generate to configure the component.
Notes to Inheritors:
When you inherit from CodeDomSerializer, you must override the following members: Deserialize and Serialize.
The following code example illustrates how to create a custom CodeDOM serializer that derives from CodeDomSerializer.
#using <System.Drawing.dll> #using <System.dll> #using <System.Design.dll> using namespace System; using namespace System::CodeDom; using namespace System::ComponentModel; using namespace System::ComponentModel::Design; using namespace System::ComponentModel::Design::Serialization; using namespace System::Drawing; using namespace System::Windows::Forms; namespace CodeDomSerializerSample { ref class MyComponent; private ref class MyCodeDomSerializer: public CodeDomSerializer { public: Object^ Deserialize( IDesignerSerializationManager^ manager, Object^ codeObject ) new { // This is how we associate the component with the serializer. CodeDomSerializer^ baseClassSerializer = (CodeDomSerializer^)( manager->GetSerializer( MyComponent::typeid->BaseType, CodeDomSerializer::typeid )); /* This is the simplest case, in which the class just calls the base class to do the work. */ return baseClassSerializer->Deserialize( manager, codeObject ); } Object^ Serialize( IDesignerSerializationManager^ manager, Object^ value ) new { /* Associate the component with the serializer in the same manner as with Deserialize */ CodeDomSerializer^ baseClassSerializer = (CodeDomSerializer^)( manager->GetSerializer( MyComponent::typeid->BaseType, CodeDomSerializer::typeid )); Object^ codeObject = baseClassSerializer->Serialize( manager, value ); /* Anything could be in the codeObject. This sample operates on a CodeStatementCollection. */ if ( (CodeStatementCollection^)(codeObject) ) { CodeStatementCollection^ statements = (CodeStatementCollection^)(codeObject); // The code statement collection is valid, so add a comment. String^ commentText = "This comment was added to this object by a custom serializer."; CodeCommentStatement^ comment = gcnew CodeCommentStatement( commentText ); statements->Insert( 0, comment ); } return codeObject; } }; [DesignerSerializer(CodeDomSerializerSample::MyCodeDomSerializer::typeid, CodeDomSerializer::typeid)] public ref class MyComponent: public Component { private: String^ localProperty; public: MyComponent() { localProperty = "Component Property Value"; } property String^ LocalProperty { String^ get() { return localProperty; } void set( String^ value ) { localProperty = value; } } }; }
Available since 1.1
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

