An initializer is an object passed as a parameter to the MimeFormatter.Initialize(object) method.

The static MimeFormatter.GetInitializer(Type, LogicalMethodInfo) method invokes the derived class's MimeFormatter.GetInitializer(LogicalMethodInfo) method, implicitly creating an instance of the derived class. At the time a request or response is processed, the initializer object is passed to the MimeFormatter.Initialize(object) method of another instance of the derived class. The latter object performs the actual reading or writing.

Namespace: System.Web.Services.Protocols
Assembly: System.Web.Services (in System.Web.Services.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0