IStateFormatter.Deserialize Method (String)

 

Deserializes an object state graph from its serialized string form.

Namespace:   System.Web.UI
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Function Deserialize (
	serializedState As String
) As Object

Parameters

serializedState
Type: System.String

A string that the IStateFormatter deserializes into an initialized object.

Return Value

Type: System.Object

An object that represents the state of an ASP.NET server control.

Use the Deserialize method to reconstitute the state object for an ASP.NET page or server control that has been serialized using the Serialize method.

The following code example demonstrates how the Deserialize method loads view state information. The Load method of the StreamPageStatePersister class uses the IStateFormatter interface inherited from the PageStatePersister class to deserialize view state. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the IStateFormatter interface.

'
' Load ViewState and ControlState.
'
Public Overrides Sub Load()

    Dim stateStream As Stream
    stateStream = GetSecureStream()

    ' Read the state string, using the StateFormatter.
    Dim reader As New StreamReader(stateStream)

    Dim serializedStatePair As String
    serializedStatePair = reader.ReadToEnd
    Dim statePair As Pair

    Dim formatter As IStateFormatter
    formatter = Me.StateFormatter

    ' Deserilize returns the Pair object that is serialized in
    ' the Save method.      
    statePair = CType(formatter.Deserialize(serializedStatePair), Pair)

    ViewState = statePair.First
    ControlState = statePair.Second
    reader.Close()
    stateStream.Close()
End Sub ' Load

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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