GetObjectData

[Martin. D. Waller]

Hello,

I wonder if anyone can help me. If I have two classes C1 and C2, C1 holds a
reference to C2 and also holds a reference to a class that is not understood
by the serializer.

Now, if I was to serialize C1 (and hence C2) I have to implement
GetObjectData which seems to want me to add name / value pairs for all the
class members I need. How do I then serialize C2 ? Do I have to do it myself
in GetObjectData or can I pass the serialization of C2 on ?

Many thanks...

Martin

 

[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

you need not go through all of that.
it is possible to attribute the "not understood" class to be ignored (if you
are talking about XML serialization, the attribute is XmlIgnore).

Then you could use a memento pattern or something similar in C2 to store the
info necessary to serialize "the other class".
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/09/09/memento.html


-Dino
Microsoft