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IFormatter::Context Property
Visual Studio 2010
Gets or sets the StreamingContext used for serialization and deserialization.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
property StreamingContext Context { StreamingContext get (); void set (StreamingContext value); }
Property Value
Type: System.Runtime.Serialization::StreamingContextThe StreamingContext used for serialization and deserialization.
The value of this property is passed to any object implementing ISerializable or ISerializationSurrogate. The StreamingContext indicates the destination (during serialization) or the source (during deserialization) of the data. An object implementing ISerializable can alter the data that it transmits depending on value of the Context.
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.
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