IFormatter.SurrogateSelector Property

Definition

Gets or sets the SurrogateSelector used by the current formatter.

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

Property Value

The SurrogateSelector used by this formatter.

Remarks

A ISerializationSurrogate allows the user to specify an object best suited to handle the serialization of a particular object or class of objects. Think of it as an implementation of ISerializable but provided by a different object.

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