C# in a Nutshell

Name

IFormatter

Synopsis

This interface defines the basic serialization and deserialization functionality for a formatter. Its three properties determine the SerializationBinder, StreamingContext, and SurrogateSelector of the formatter. It also defines the two basic methods of Serialize() and Deserialize().

public interface IFormatter {
// Public Instance Properties
   public field SerializationBinder Binder{set; get; } 
   public field StreamingContext Context{set; get; } 
   public field ISurrogateSelector SurrogateSelector{set; get; } 
// Public Instance Methods
   public method object Deserialize(
        System.IO.Stream serializationStream);  
   public method void Serialize(
        System.IO.Stream serializationStream, 
        object graph);  
}

Implemented By

Formatter, System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter, System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter