39 lines
1.8 KiB
C#
39 lines
1.8 KiB
C#
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// <copyright file="IDesignerSerializationProvider.cs" company="Microsoft">
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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// </copyright>
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//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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namespace System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization {
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using System;
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/// <devdoc>
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/// This interface defines a custom serialization provider. This
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/// allows outside objects to control serialization by providing
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/// their own serializer objects.
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/// </devdoc>
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public interface IDesignerSerializationProvider {
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/// <devdoc>
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/// This will be called by the serialization manager when it
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/// is trying to locate a serialzer for an object type.
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/// If this serialization provider can provide a serializer
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/// that is of the correct type, it should return it.
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/// Otherwise, it should return null.
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///
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/// In order to break order dependencies between multiple
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/// serialization providers the serialization manager will
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/// loop through all serilaization provideres until the
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/// serilaizer returned reaches steady state. Because
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/// of this you should always check currentSerializer
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/// before returning a new serializer. If currentSerializer
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/// is an instance of your serializer, then you should
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/// either return it or return null to prevent an infinite
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/// loop.
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/// </devdoc>
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object GetSerializer(IDesignerSerializationManager manager, object currentSerializer, Type objectType, Type serializerType);
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}
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}
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