OnSerializingAttribute Class
When applied to a method, specifies that the method is called before serialization of an object.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Use the OnSerializingAttribute to manipulate the object before serialization occurs.
To use the OnSerializingAttribute, the method must contain a StreamingContext parameter. The attribute marks the method to be called by the serialization infrastructure and the StreamingContext provides additional data about the type of serialization taking place. The usage is shown in the following code:
' Visual Basic <OnSerializingAttribute()> _ Private Sub RunThisMethod(context As StreamingContext) ' Code not shown. End Sub
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In your code, you can use the word OnSerializing instead of the longer OnSerializingAttribute. |
The following example applies the OnDeserializedAttribute, OnSerializingAttribute, OnSerializedAttribute, and OnDeserializingAttribute attributes to methods in a class.
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Runtime.Serialization Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary Public Class Test Public Shared Sub Main() ' Create a new TestSimpleObject object. Dim obj As New TestSimpleObject() Console.WriteLine(vbLf + " Before serialization the object contains: ") obj.Print() ' Open a file and serialize the object into binary format. Dim stream As Stream = File.Open("DataFile.dat", FileMode.Create) Dim formatter As New BinaryFormatter() Try formatter.Serialize(stream, obj) ' Print the object again to see the effect of the 'OnSerializedAttribute. Console.WriteLine(vbLf + " After serialization the object contains: ") obj.Print() ' Set the original variable to null. obj = Nothing stream.Close() ' Open the file "DataFile.dat" and deserialize the object from it. stream = File.Open("DataFile.dat", FileMode.Open) ' Deserialize the object from the data file. obj = CType(formatter.Deserialize(stream), TestSimpleObject) Console.WriteLine(vbLf + " After deserialization the object contains: ") obj.Print() Console.ReadLine() Catch se As SerializationException Console.WriteLine("Failed to serialize. Reason: " + se.Message) Throw Catch exc As Exception Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred. Reason: " + exc.Message) Throw Finally stream.Close() obj = Nothing formatter = Nothing End Try End Sub End Class ' This is the object that will be serialized and deserialized. <Serializable()> _ Public Class TestSimpleObject ' This member is serialized and deserialized with no change. Public member1 As Integer ' The value of this field is set and reset during and ' after serialization. Private member2 As String ' This field is not serialized. The OnDeserializedAttribute ' is used to set the member value after serialization. <NonSerialized()> _ Public member3 As String ' This field is set to null, but populated after deserialization. Private member4 As String ' Constructor for the class. Public Sub New() member1 = 11 member2 = "Hello World!" member3 = "This is a nonserialized value" member4 = Nothing End Sub Public Sub Print() Console.WriteLine("member1 = '{0}'", member1) Console.WriteLine("member2 = '{0}'", member2) Console.WriteLine("member3 = '{0}'", member3) Console.WriteLine("member4 = '{0}'", member4) End Sub <OnSerializing()> _ Friend Sub OnSerializingMethod(ByVal context As StreamingContext) member2 = "This value went into the data file during serialization." End Sub <OnSerialized()> _ Friend Sub OnSerializedMethod(ByVal context As StreamingContext) member2 = "This value was reset after serialization." End Sub <OnDeserializing()> _ Friend Sub OnDeserializingMethod(ByVal context As StreamingContext) member3 = "This value was set during deserialization" End Sub <OnDeserialized()> _ Friend Sub OnDeserializedMethod(ByVal context As StreamingContext) member4 = "This value was set after deserialization." End Sub End Class ' Output: ' Before serialization the object contains: ' member1 = '11' ' member2 = 'Hello World!' ' member3 = 'This is a nonserialized value' ' member4 = '' ' ' After serialization the object contains: ' member1 = '11' ' member2 = 'This value was reset after serialization.' ' member3 = 'This is a nonserialized value' ' member4 = '' ' ' After deserialization the object contains: ' member1 = '11' ' member2 = 'This value went into the data file during serialization.' ' member3 = 'This value was set during deserialization' ' member4 = 'This value was set after deserialization.'
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