OptionalFieldAttribute Class
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
'Declaration <AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Field, Inherited:=False)> _ <ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _ Public NotInheritable Class OptionalFieldAttribute Inherits Attribute 'Usage Dim instance As OptionalFieldAttribute
/** @attribute AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Field, Inherited=false) */ /** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ public final class OptionalFieldAttribute extends Attribute
AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Field, Inherited=false) ComVisibleAttribute(true) public final class OptionalFieldAttribute extends Attribute
This attribute allows you to specify that new fields in a serializable type (a type to which the SerializableAttribute is applied to) are ignored by the BinaryFormatter or the SoapFormatter. This enables version-tolerant serialization of types created for older versions of an application that serializes data. For example, when the formatters encounter a stream produced by a version that does not include the new fields, no exception is thrown, and the existing data on the older type is processed as normal.
Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
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