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Ralf
Ralf

Reputation: 13

protobuf-net: callback for deciding which objects to serialize

I'm new to protobuf-net and am wondering whether there is a possibility to influence which objects are serialized if i have an object graph and want to serialize only parts of it. I think of some sort of callback or stuff like that.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 273

Answers (1)

Marc Gravell
Marc Gravell

Reputation: 1062955

Two standard (used by other frameworks) patterns are supported for conditional serialization - if we have:

public Foo SomeProperty {get;set}

Then either of:

public bool ShouldSerializeSomeProperty() {...}

Or:

public bool SomePropertySpecified {
    get {...}
    set {...}
}

Should work fine. Return true to serialise, false to ignore. Depending on your target framework, it can also usually be non-public if desired.

Upvotes: 1

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