BinaryFormatter.SurrogateSelector Property

Definition

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Gets or sets a ISurrogateSelector that controls type substitution during serialization and deserialization.

public System.Runtime.Serialization.ISurrogateSelector? SurrogateSelector { get; set; }
public System.Runtime.Serialization.ISurrogateSelector SurrogateSelector { get; set; }

Property Value

The surrogate selector to use with this formatter.

Implements

Remarks

Warning

BinaryFormatter is insecure and can't be made secure. For more information, see the BinaryFormatter security guide.

The surrogate selector is used by System.Runtime.Remoting to generate ObjRef instances for objects that derive from MarshalByRefObject.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8 (package-provided), 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1

See also