System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization

The System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization namespace provides types that support customization and control of serialization at design time.

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: System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.DesignerSerializerAttribute, to indicate the serializer to use for a particular type; and System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.RootDesignerSerializerAttribute, to indicate the base serializer to use for the root designer.
Classes that a designer can implement to customize serialization: System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerLoaderHost, for loading a designer document from a serialized state; and System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.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: System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationManager, to register or retrieve custom serializers; System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationProvider, to make a serializer available to an System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationManager; and System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationService, which provides methods to invoke serialization and deserialization.
An interface that can be implemented to customize the loading process of a designer: System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.DesignerLoader.
An interface that can be used to optimize the reloading of a designer: System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.ICodeDomDesignerReload.
Other helper classes: System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.INameCreationService, an interface for generating unique names for objects; System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.ContextStack, a data structure useful for sharing serialization context information with serializers; and System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.InstanceDescriptor, an object that can describe a serializable object.

Classes

Type	Reason
BasicDesignerLoader	Provides an implementation of the System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerLoaderService interface.
CodeDomComponentSerializationService	Serializes a set of components into a serialization store.
CodeDomDesignerLoader	Provides the base class for implementing a CodeDOM-based designer loader.
CodeDomLocalizationModel	Determines the localization model to be used by the CodeDom resource adapter.
CodeDomLocalizationProvider	Provides CodeDOM resource serialization services. This class cannot be inherited.
CodeDomSerializer	Serializes an object graph to a series of CodeDOM statements. This class provides an abstract base class for a serializer.
CodeDomSerializerBase	Provides a base class for System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializer classes.
CodeDomSerializerException	The exception that is thrown when line number information is available for a serialization error.
CollectionCodeDomSerializer	Serializes collections.
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 System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.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.
DesignerSerializationManager	Provides an implementation of the System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationManager interface.
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.
ExpressionContext	Provides a means of passing context state among serializers. This class cannot be inherited.
ICodeDomDesignerReload	Provides an interface that can be used to optimize the reloading of a designer.
IDesignerLoaderHost	Provides an interface that can extend a designer host to support loading from a serialized state.
IDesignerLoaderHost2	Provides an interface that extends System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.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.
InstanceDescriptor	Provides the information necessary to create an instance of an object. This class cannot be inherited.
MemberCodeDomSerializer	Provides the base class for serializing a reflection primitive within the object graph.
MemberRelationship	Represents a single relationship between an object and a member.
MemberRelationshipService	Provides the base class for relating one member to another.
ObjectStatementCollection	Holds a table of statements that is offered by the System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.StatementContext. This class cannot be inherited.
ResolveNameEventArgs	Provides data for the System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationManager.ResolveName event.
ResolveNameEventHandler	Represents the method that handles the System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationManager.ResolveName event of a serialization manager.
RootContext	A System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializer adds a root context to provide a definition of the root object. This class cannot be inherited
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 System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.ComponentSerializationService.
SerializeAbsoluteContext	Specifies that serializers should handle default values. This class cannot be inherited.
StatementContext	Provides a location into which statements can be serialized. This class cannot be inherited.
TypeCodeDomSerializer	Serializes an object to a new type.