System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization Namespace

Provides types that support customization and control of serialization at design time.

Classes

ComponentSerializationService	Provides the base class for serializing a set of components or serializable objects into a serialization store.
ContextStack	Provides a stack object that can be used by a serializer to make information available to nested serializers.
DefaultSerializationProviderAttribute	The DefaultSerializationProviderAttribute attribute is placed on a serializer to indicate the class to use as a default provider of that type of serializer.
DesignerLoader	Provides a basic designer loader interface that can be used to implement a custom designer loader.
DesignerSerializerAttribute	Indicates a serializer for the serialization manager to use to serialize the values of the type this attribute is applied to. This class cannot be inherited.
InstanceDescriptor	Provides the information necessary to create an instance of an object. This class cannot be inherited.
MemberRelationshipService	Provides the base class for relating one member to another.
ResolveNameEventArgs	Provides data for the ResolveName event.
RootDesignerSerializerAttribute	Indicates the base serializer to use for a root designer object. This class cannot be inherited.
SerializationStore	Provides the base class for storing serialization data for the ComponentSerializationService.

Structs

MemberRelationship

Represents a single relationship between an object and a member.

Interfaces

IDesignerLoaderHost	Provides an interface that can extend a designer host to support loading from a serialized state.
IDesignerLoaderHost2	Provides an interface that extends IDesignerLoaderHost to specify whether errors are tolerated while loading a design document.
IDesignerLoaderService	Provides an interface that can extend a designer loader to support asynchronous loading of external components.
IDesignerSerializationManager	Provides an interface that can manage design-time serialization.
IDesignerSerializationProvider	Provides an interface that enables access to a serializer.
IDesignerSerializationService	Provides an interface that can invoke serialization and deserialization.
INameCreationService	Provides a service that can generate unique names for objects.

Delegates

ResolveNameEventHandler

Represents the method that handles the ResolveName event of a serialization manager.

Remarks

The classes in this namespace can be divided into the following categories:

• Serialization attributes that can be used to indicate the serializer to use for a specific type: DesignerSerializerAttribute, to indicate the serializer to use for a particular type; and RootDesignerSerializerAttribute, to indicate the base serializer to use for the root designer.

• Classes that a designer can implement to customize serialization: IDesignerLoaderHost, for loading a designer document from a serialized state; and IDesignerLoaderService, for loading a designer document when external components and asynchronous loading are involved.

• Interfaces that a designer can use to manage the serialization process: IDesignerSerializationManager, to register or retrieve custom serializers; IDesignerSerializationProvider, to make a serializer available to an IDesignerSerializationManager; and IDesignerSerializationService, which provides methods to invoke serialization and deserialization.

• An interface that can be implemented to customize the loading process of a designer: DesignerLoader.

• An interface that can be used to optimize the reloading of a designer: ICodeDomDesignerReload.

• Other helper classes: INameCreationService, an interface for generating unique names for objects; ContextStack, a data structure useful for sharing serialization context information with serializers; and InstanceDescriptor, an object that can describe a serializable object.