SerializationInfo.GetChar(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.Serialization

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

SerializationInfo.cs

Retrieves a Unicode character value from the SerializationInfo store.

public:
 char GetChar(System::String ^ name);

public char GetChar (string name);

member this.GetChar : string -> char

Public Function GetChar (name As String) As Char

Parameters

name

String

The name associated with the value to retrieve.

Returns

Char

The Unicode character associated with name.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

name is null.

InvalidCastException

The value associated with name cannot be converted to a Unicode character.

SerializationException

An element with the specified name is not found in the current instance.

Remarks

If the value is a Unicode character, or can be converted to one, that value is returned; otherwise, a InvalidCastException is thrown. All conversions are done by the IFormatterConverter associated with this SerializationInfo.