ExternalMarkupService.Save Method

When overridden in a derived class, serializes the specified model item into well-formed markup text representing that model item.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Windows.Design.Services
Assembly:  Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction (in Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Function Save ( _
    root As ModelItem, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef requiredAssemblies As IEnumerable(Of AssemblyName) _
) As String

public abstract string Save(
    ModelItem root,
    out IEnumerable<AssemblyName> requiredAssemblies
)

public:
virtual String^ Save(
    ModelItem^ root, 
    [OutAttribute] IEnumerable<AssemblyName^>^% requiredAssemblies
) abstract

abstract Save : 
        root:ModelItem * 
        requiredAssemblies:IEnumerable<AssemblyName> byref -> string 

public abstract function Save(
    root : ModelItem, 
    requiredAssemblies : IEnumerable<AssemblyName>
) : String

Parameters

• root
  Type: Microsoft.Windows.Design.Model.ModelItem
  The model item representing the root of the document.

• requiredAssemblies
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<AssemblyName>%
  Assembly references needed for this subtree.

Return Value

Type: System.String
Markup text that represents the model item.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	root is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

When the call to the Save method returns, requiredAssemblies contains the assembly references that are necessary to resolve all types in this subtree. The Load method can use this set and add what is needed to the references.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

ExternalMarkupService Class

Microsoft.Windows.Design.Services Namespace

ModelItem

Other Resources

WPF Designer Extensibility Architecture

XAML Parser Architecture