C# in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

FormatterServices

Synopsis

The methods of this sealed class provide some background functionality to a formatter when serializing and deserializing objects. For example, GetObjectData( ) creates an array of System.Reflection.MemberInfo object data. GetSerializableMembers( ) retrieves all the serializable members of a given class. PopulateObjectMembers( ) is the basic deserialization method, using a MemberInfo array of member names and an array of corresponding data values to repopulate a specified object.

public sealed class FormatterServices {
// Public Static Methods
   public static void CheckTypeSecurity(Type t, 
        System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.TypeFilterLevel securityLevel);
   public static object[ ] GetObjectData(object obj, System.Reflection.MemberInfo[ ] members);
   public static object GetSafeUninitializedObject(Type type);
   public static MemberInfo[ ] GetSerializableMembers(Type type);
   public static MemberInfo[ ] GetSerializableMembers(Type type, StreamingContext context);
   public static Type GetTypeFromAssembly(System.Reflection.Assembly assem, string name);
   public static object GetUninitializedObject(Type type);
   public static object PopulateObjectMembers(object obj, System.Reflection.MemberInfo[ ] members, 
        object[ ] data);
}