C# "Enum" Serialization - Deserialization to Static Instance
- by Walt W
Suppose you have the following class:
class Test : ISerializable {
public static Test Instance1 = new Test {
Value1 = "Hello"
,Value2 = 86
};
public static Test Instance2 = new Test {
Value1 = "World"
,Value2 = 26
};
public String Value1 { get; private set; }
public int Value2 { get; private set; }
public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) {
//Serialize an indicator of which instance we are - Currently
//I am using the FieldInfo for the static reference.
}
}
I was wondering if it is possible / elegant to deserialize to the static instances of the class?
Since the deserialization routines (I'm using BinaryFormatter, though I'd imagine others would be similar) look for a constructor with the same argument list as GetObjectData(), it seems like this can't be done directly . . Which I would presume means that the most elegant solution would be to actually use an enum, and then provide some sort of translation mechanism for turning an enum value into an instance reference.
How might one go about this?
