mcs/class/corlib/System/SerializableAttribute.cs

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   2 // System.SerializableAttribute.cs
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   4 // Author:
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  32
  33 namespace System
  34 {
  35         /// <summary>
  36         ///   Serialization Attribute for classes.
  37         /// </summary>
  38
  39         /// <remarks>
  40         ///   Use SerializableAttribute to mark classes that do not implement
  41         ///   the ISerializable interface but that want to be serialized.
  42         ///
  43         ///   Failing to do so will cause the system to throw an exception.
  44         ///
  45         ///   When a class is market with the SerializableAttribute, all the
  46         ///   fields are automatically serialized with the exception of those
  47         ///   that are tagged with the NonSerializedAttribute.
  48         ///
  49         ///   SerializableAttribute should only be used for classes that contain
  50         ///   simple data types that can be serialized and deserialized by the
  51         ///   runtime (typically you would use NonSerializedAttribute on data
  52         ///   that can be reconstructed at any point: like caches or precomputed
  53         ///   tables).
  54         /// </remarks>
  55
  56         [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Struct
  57                 | AttributeTargets.Enum | AttributeTargets.Delegate,
  58                 Inherited=false, AllowMultiple=false)]
  59         public sealed class SerializableAttribute : Attribute
  60         {
  61         }
  62 }