System [00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00] 1.0.3300.0 1.0.5000.0 2.0.0.0 4.0.0.0 Gtk# is thread aware, but not thread safe; See the <link location="node:gtk-sharp/programming/threads">Gtk# Thread Programming</link> for details.

This service provides methods to convert a collection of objects to a serializable object that represents them, and to convert serialization data to the object or objects that it represents.

All components that support a designer must support serialization of each component's type. This occurs when the designer scans the public properties, methods, and events of each type and represents these within a type descriptor.

This interface uses the technique of scanning members to convert a collection of components into a single object that supports run-time serialization. This does not necessarily provide for the serialization of custom types that belong to the class. Many objects require a custom serializer to have their values serialized at run time. To specify a serializer for a custom type, use a attribute or implement an .

Provides an interface that can invoke serialization and deserialization.

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  Deserializes the specified serialization data object and returns a collection of objects represented by that data.

  An of objects rebuilt from the specified serialization data object.

  An object consisting of serialized data.
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  The returned object fully supports run-time serialization.

  The object returned from this method contains live references to objects in the collection. This object can then be passed to any run-time serialization mechanism. The object itself serializes components the same way designers write source for them, by storing their state, property by property.

  Serializes the specified collection of objects and stores them in a serialization data object.

  An object that contains the serialized state of the specified collection of objects.

  A collection of objects to serialize.