IDesignerSerializationManager Interface
Provides an interface that can manage design-time serialization.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
A designer can utilize IDesignerSerializationManager to access services useful to managing design-time serialization processes. For example, a class that implements the designer serialization manager can use this interface to create objects, look up types, identify objects, and customize the serialization of particular types.
The following example illustrates how to use IDesignerSerializationManager to serialize and deserialize Code DOM statements.
Imports System Imports System.CodeDom Imports System.ComponentModel Imports System.ComponentModel.Design Imports System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Windows.Forms Namespace CodeDomSerializerSample Friend Class MyCodeDomSerializer Inherits CodeDomSerializer Public Overrides Function Deserialize(ByVal manager As IDesignerSerializationManager, _ ByVal codeObject As Object) As Object ' This is how we associate the component with the serializer. Dim baseClassSerializer As CodeDomSerializer = CType(manager.GetSerializer( _ GetType(MyComponent).BaseType, GetType(CodeDomSerializer)), CodeDomSerializer) ' This is the simplest case, in which the class just calls the base class ' to do the work. Return baseClassSerializer.Deserialize(manager, codeObject) End Function 'Deserialize Public Overrides Function Serialize(ByVal manager As IDesignerSerializationManager, _ ByVal value As Object) As Object ' Associate the component with the serializer in the same manner as with ' Deserialize Dim baseClassSerializer As CodeDomSerializer = CType(manager.GetSerializer( _ GetType(MyComponent).BaseType, GetType(CodeDomSerializer)), CodeDomSerializer) Dim codeObject As Object = baseClassSerializer.Serialize(manager, value) ' Anything could be in the codeObject. This sample operates on a ' CodeStatementCollection. If TypeOf codeObject Is CodeStatementCollection Then Dim statements As CodeStatementCollection = CType(codeObject, CodeStatementCollection) ' The code statement collection is valid, so add a comment. Dim commentText As String = "This comment was added to this object by a custom serializer." Dim comment As New CodeCommentStatement(commentText) statements.Insert(0, comment) End If Return codeObject End Function 'Serialize End Class 'MyCodeDomSerializer <DesignerSerializer(GetType(MyCodeDomSerializer), GetType(CodeDomSerializer))> _ Public Class MyComponent Inherits Component Private localProperty As String = "Component Property Value" Public Property LocalProp() As String Get Return localProperty End Get Set(ByVal Value As String) localProperty = Value End Set End Property End Class 'MyComponent End Namespace
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