Formatter Class
Provides base functionality for the common language runtime serialization formatters.
The Formatter type is not CLS-compliant. For more information about CLS compliance, see What is the Common Language Specification.
For a list of all members of this type, see Formatter Members.
System.Object
System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatter
[Visual Basic] <CLSCompliant(False)> <Serializable> MustInherit Public Class Formatter Implements IFormatter [C#] [CLSCompliant(false)] [Serializable] public abstract class Formatter : IFormatter [C++] [CLSCompliant(false)] [Serializable] public __gc __abstract class Formatter : public IFormatter [JScript] public CLSCompliant(false) Serializable abstract class Formatter implements IFormatter
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.
Remarks
Formatter is the abstract (MustInherit in Visual Basic) 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: Serialize, Deserialize, WriteArray, WriteBoolean, WriteByte, WriteChar, WriteDateTime, WriteDecimal, WriteDouble, WriteInt16, WriteInt32, WriteInt64, WriteObjectRef, WriteSByte, WriteSingle, WriteTimeSpan, WriteUInt16, WriteUInt32, WriteUInt64, WriteValueType, SurrogateSelector, Binder, and Context.
Requirements
Namespace: System.Runtime.Serialization
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family
Assembly: Mscorlib (in Mscorlib.dll)
See Also
Formatter Members | System.Runtime.Serialization Namespace | ObjectIDGenerator | XML and SOAP Serialization