Before Serialization

[Joe]

I would like to call a method of an object before the object is serialized.
I currently have a surrogate that I use for deserilization and was thinking
I could use one for serialization but that means I have to handle
GetObjectData for each object which I don't want to do unless there is a way
to make a generic one to work with any object.

Any suggestions?

-Joe

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

RE: Before Serialization

Joe,
this "doesn't compute" for me. Why can't you call a method on an instance of
a class before you serialize it? Please enlighten me.
Peter

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"Joe" wrote:
[color=blue]
> I would like to call a method of an object before the object is serialized.
> I currently have a surrogate that I use for deserilization and was thinking
> I could use one for serialization but that means I have to handle
> GetObjectData for each object which I don't want to do unless there is a way
> to make a generic one to work with any object.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> -Joe
>
>
>[/color]

[Joe]

Re: Before Serialization

Peter,

I have a class which contains many other objects. Some of these objects (or
their objects) need some pre-processing before serializing.

Ideally, I would like to see if an object implements an interface and if so
call that interfaces methods.

What I'm doing now is specifically calling the methods on the objects I
currently know about. I would like something a little more generic.

A surrogate would work but it requires handling the serialization of every
object.

-Joe

"Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pbromberg@yaho o.nospammin.com > wrote in message
news:D954D8E1-2274-4694-8F14-49DD00F6DFD6@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> Joe,
> this "doesn't compute" for me. Why can't you call a method on an instance
> of
> a class before you serialize it? Please enlighten me.
> Peter
>
> --
> Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
> UnBlog:
> http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
> "Joe" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I would like to call a method of an object before the object is
>> serialized.
>> I currently have a surrogate that I use for deserilization and was
>> thinking
>> I could use one for serialization but that means I have to handle
>> GetObjectData for each object which I don't want to do unless there is a
>> way
>> to make a generic one to work with any object.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> -Joe
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

Re: Before Serialization

Joe:
For this kind of custom serialization implementation you would most likely
need to write some sort of pre-processing class, combined with a custom
serializer or your custom serialization surrogate class.
Peter

--
Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:

http://www.eggheadcafe.com

UnBlog:

http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com

"Joe" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Peter,
>
> I have a class which contains many other objects. Some of these objects (or
> their objects) need some pre-processing before serializing.
>
> Ideally, I would like to see if an object implements an interface and if so
> call that interfaces methods.
>
> What I'm doing now is specifically calling the methods on the objects I
> currently know about. I would like something a little more generic.
>
> A surrogate would work but it requires handling the serialization of every
> object.
>
> -Joe
>
> "Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pbromberg@yaho o.nospammin.com > wrote in message
> news:D954D8E1-2274-4694-8F14-49DD00F6DFD6@mi crosoft.com...[color=green]
> > Joe,
> > this "doesn't compute" for me. Why can't you call a method on an instance
> > of
> > a class before you serialize it? Please enlighten me.
> > Peter
> >
> > --
> > Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:
> > http://www.eggheadcafe.com
> > UnBlog:
> > http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Joe" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> I would like to call a method of an object before the object is
> >> serialized.
> >> I currently have a surrogate that I use for deserilization and was
> >> thinking
> >> I could use one for serialization but that means I have to handle
> >> GetObjectData for each object which I don't want to do unless there is a
> >> way
> >> to make a generic one to work with any object.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> -Joe
> >>
> >>
> >>[/color][/color]
>
>
>[/color]

[Yuan Ren[MSFT]]

Re: Before Serialization

Hi Joe,

Thanks for posting!

For the current issue, as Peter mentioned, you can write your own
pre-process class to handle the object which needs to be serialized. In the
class, the static method can be supplied to do some checking for specific
work and then to be serialized.

Thanks for your understanding!

Yuan Ren [MSFT]
Microsoft Online Support
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