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external/referencesource/System.Web/UI/WebParts/IPersonalizable.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="IPersonalizable.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts {
+
+    using System;
+    using System.Collections;
+
+    /// <devdoc>
+    /// Allows an object to participate in personalization, beyond
+    /// the default support for automatically storing properties
+    /// marked as personalizable.
+    /// </devdoc>
+    public interface IPersonalizable {
+
+        /// <devdoc>
+        /// Allows the implementor to indicate whether its personalized state
+        /// has been changed and must be persisted. This can be used to
+        /// optimize storage of personalization state.
+        /// If the implementation cannot determine the changed-state of its
+        /// state, then it should return true.
+        /// </devdoc>
+        bool IsDirty { get; }
+
+        /// <devdoc>
+        /// Allows the object to load its custom personalization data.
+        /// The dictionary contains name/value pairs that represent the
+        /// personalization state.
+        /// </devdoc>
+        void Load(PersonalizationDictionary state);
+
+        /// <devdoc>
+        /// Allows the object to store its personalized state for the current
+        /// personalization scope.
+        /// Personalized state must be stored in the form of name/value
+        /// pairs. Values stored must be serializable using ObjectStateFormatter.
+        /// </devdoc>
+        void Save(PersonalizationDictionary state);
+    }
+}