IExtensibleDataObject Interface

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.Serialization

Assembly:

System.Runtime.Serialization.Xml.dll

Source:

IExtensibleDataObject.cs

Provides a data structure to store extra data encountered by the XmlObjectSerializer during deserialization of a type marked with the DataContractAttribute attribute.

public interface class IExtensibleDataObject

public interface IExtensibleDataObject

type IExtensibleDataObject = interface

Public Interface IExtensibleDataObject

Derived

Examples

The following code shows an instance of a type (PersonVersion2) that is the second version of a serializable type (Person). The second version contains extra data (ID field) that is not present in the first version.

// Implement the IExtensibleDataObject interface
// to store the extra data for future versions.
[DataContract(
    Name = "Person",
    Namespace = "http://www.cohowinery.com/employees")]
class Person : IExtensibleDataObject
{
    // To implement the IExtensibleDataObject interface,
    // you must implement the ExtensionData property. The property
    // holds data from future versions of the class for backward
    // compatibility.
    private ExtensionDataObject extensionDataObject_value;
    public ExtensionDataObject ExtensionData
    {
        get
        {
            return extensionDataObject_value;
        }
        set
        {
            extensionDataObject_value = value;
        }
    }
    [DataMember]
    public string Name;
}

// The second version of the class adds a new field. The field's
// data is stored in the ExtensionDataObject field of
// the first version (Person). You must also set the Name property
// of the DataContractAttribute to match the first version.
// If necessary, also set the Namespace property so that the
// name of the contracts is the same.
[DataContract(Name = "Person",
    Namespace = "http://www.cohowinery.com/employees")]
class PersonVersion2 : IExtensibleDataObject
{
    // Best practice: add an Order number to new members.
    [DataMember(Order=2)]
    public int ID;

    [DataMember]
    public string Name;

    private ExtensionDataObject extensionDataObject_value;
    public ExtensionDataObject ExtensionData
    {
        get
        {
            return extensionDataObject_value;
        }
        set
        {
            extensionDataObject_value = value;
        }
    }
}

' Implement the IExtensibleDataObject interface 
' to store the extra data for future versions.
<DataContract(Name := "Person", [Namespace] := "http://www.cohowinery.com/employees")>  _
Class Person
    Implements IExtensibleDataObject
    ' To implement the IExtensibleDataObject interface,
    ' you must implement the ExtensionData property. The property
    ' holds data from future versions of the class for backward
    ' compatibility.
    Private extensionDataObject_value As ExtensionDataObject
    
    Public Property ExtensionData() As ExtensionDataObject _
       Implements IExtensibleDataObject.ExtensionData
        Get
            Return extensionDataObject_value
        End Get
        Set
            extensionDataObject_value = value
        End Set
    End Property
    <DataMember()>  _
    Public Name As String
End Class 

' The second version of the class adds a new field. The field's 
' data is stored in the ExtensionDataObject field of
' the first version (Person). You must also set the Name property 
' of the DataContractAttribute to match the first version. 
' If necessary, also set the Namespace property so that the 
' name of the contracts is the same.

<DataContract(Name := "Person", [Namespace] := "http://www.cohowinery.com/employees")>  _
Class PersonVersion2
    Implements IExtensibleDataObject

    ' Best practice: add an Order number to new members.
    <DataMember(Order:=2)>  _
    Public ID As Integer
    
    <DataMember()>  _
    Public Name As String
    
    Private extensionDataObject_value As ExtensionDataObject
    
    Public Property ExtensionData() As ExtensionDataObject _
       Implements IExtensibleDataObject.ExtensionData
        Get
            Return extensionDataObject_value
        End Get
        Set
            extensionDataObject_value = value
        End Set
    End Property
End Class

Remarks

For more information about this API, see Supplemental API remarks for IExtensibleDataObject.

Properties

ExtensionData

Gets or sets the structure that contains extra data.

See also

• ExtensionDataObject
• Data Contract Versioning
• Using Data Contracts