CollectionCodeDomSerializer.SerializeCollection Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization

Assembly:: System.Design.dll

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.Design.dll

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Serializes the given collection.

protected:
 virtual System::Object ^ SerializeCollection(System::ComponentModel::Design::Serialization::IDesignerSerializationManager ^ manager, System::CodeDom::CodeExpression ^ targetExpression, Type ^ targetType, System::Collections::ICollection ^ originalCollection, System::Collections::ICollection ^ valuesToSerialize);

protected virtual object SerializeCollection (System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationManager manager, System.CodeDom.CodeExpression targetExpression, Type targetType, System.Collections.ICollection originalCollection, System.Collections.ICollection valuesToSerialize);

protected virtual object? SerializeCollection (System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationManager manager, System.CodeDom.CodeExpression? targetExpression, Type targetType, System.Collections.ICollection originalCollection, System.Collections.ICollection valuesToSerialize);

abstract member SerializeCollection : System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationManager * System.CodeDom.CodeExpression * Type * System.Collections.ICollection * System.Collections.ICollection -> obj
override this.SerializeCollection : System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.IDesignerSerializationManager * System.CodeDom.CodeExpression * Type * System.Collections.ICollection * System.Collections.ICollection -> obj

Protected Overridable Function SerializeCollection (manager As IDesignerSerializationManager, targetExpression As CodeExpression, targetType As Type, originalCollection As ICollection, valuesToSerialize As ICollection) As Object

Parameters

manager: IDesignerSerializationManager

The IDesignerSerializationManager to use during serialization.

targetExpression: CodeExpression

The CodeExpression that refers to the collection.

targetType: Type

The Type of the collection.

originalCollection: ICollection

The collection to serialize.

valuesToSerialize: ICollection

The values to serialize.

Returns

Object

Serialized collection if the serialization process succeeded; otherwise, null.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

manager, targetType, originalCollection, or valuesToSerialize is null.

Remarks

The CodeExpression that refers to the collection can be null.

Applies to