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Shrink your ISerializable boilerplate

A pair of extension methods for SerializationInfo that make custom ISerializable implementations much more straightforward to write.

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open System
open System.Runtime.Serialization

type SerializationInfo with
    member s.Get<'T> ?param =
        let param = typeof<'T>.FullName + "-" + defaultArg param ""
        s.GetValue(param, typeof<'T>) :?> 'T
    member s.Set<'T> (value : 'T, ?param) =
        let param = typeof<'T>.FullName + "-" + defaultArg param ""
        s.AddValue(param, value)

// example

[<Serializable>]
type Test(msg : string, inner : exn, foo : int, bar : int) =
    inherit Exception(msg, inner)

    new (s : SerializationInfo, _ : StreamingContext) =
        Test(s.Get(), s.Get(), s.Get "foo", s.Get "bar")

    member __.Foo = foo
    member __.Bar = bar

    interface ISerializable with
        member __.GetObjectData(s : SerializationInfo, _ : StreamingContext) =
            s.Set msg
            s.Set inner
            s.Set (foo, "foo")
            s.Set (bar, "bar")

namespace System

namespace System.Runtime

namespace System.Runtime.Serialization

Multiple items
type SerializationInfo =
  new : type:Type * converter:IFormatterConverter -> SerializationInfo
  member AddValue : name:string * value:obj -> unit + 15 overloads
  member AssemblyName : string with get, set
  member FullTypeName : string with get, set
  member GetBoolean : name:string -> bool
  member GetByte : name:string -> byte
  member GetChar : name:string -> char
  member GetDateTime : name:string -> DateTime
  member GetDecimal : name:string -> decimal
  member GetDouble : name:string -> float
  ...

Full name: System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo

--------------------
SerializationInfo(type: Type, converter: IFormatterConverter) : unit

val s : SerializationInfo

member SerializationInfo.Get : ?param:string -> 'T

Full name: Script.Get

val param : string option

val param : string

val typeof<'T> : Type

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.typeof

val defaultArg : arg:'T option -> defaultValue:'T -> 'T

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.defaultArg

SerializationInfo.GetValue(name: string, type: Type) : obj

Multiple items
member SerializationInfo.Set : value:'T * ?param:string -> unit

Full name: Script.Set

--------------------
module Set

from Microsoft.FSharp.Collections

--------------------
type Set<'T (requires comparison)> =
  interface IComparable
  interface IEnumerable
  interface IEnumerable<'T>
  interface ICollection<'T>
  new : elements:seq<'T> -> Set<'T>
  member Add : value:'T -> Set<'T>
  member Contains : value:'T -> bool
  override Equals : obj -> bool
  member IsProperSubsetOf : otherSet:Set<'T> -> bool
  member IsProperSupersetOf : otherSet:Set<'T> -> bool
  ...

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Set<_>

--------------------
new : elements:seq<'T> -> Set<'T>

val value : 'T

SerializationInfo.AddValue(name: string, value: DateTime) : unit
   (+0 other overloads)
SerializationInfo.AddValue(name: string, value: decimal) : unit
   (+0 other overloads)
SerializationInfo.AddValue(name: string, value: float) : unit
   (+0 other overloads)
SerializationInfo.AddValue(name: string, value: float32) : unit
   (+0 other overloads)
SerializationInfo.AddValue(name: string, value: uint64) : unit
   (+0 other overloads)
SerializationInfo.AddValue(name: string, value: int64) : unit
   (+0 other overloads)
SerializationInfo.AddValue(name: string, value: uint32) : unit
   (+0 other overloads)
SerializationInfo.AddValue(name: string, value: int) : unit
   (+0 other overloads)
SerializationInfo.AddValue(name: string, value: uint16) : unit
   (+0 other overloads)
SerializationInfo.AddValue(name: string, value: int16) : unit
   (+0 other overloads)

Multiple items
type SerializableAttribute =
inherit Attribute
new : unit -> SerializableAttribute

Full name: System.SerializableAttribute

--------------------
SerializableAttribute() : unit

Multiple items
type Test =
  inherit Exception
  interface ISerializable
  new : s:SerializationInfo * StreamingContext -> Test
  new : msg:string * inner:exn * foo:int * bar:int -> Test
  member Bar : int
  member Foo : int

Full name: Script.Test

--------------------
new : s:SerializationInfo * StreamingContext -> Test
new : msg:string * inner:exn * foo:int * bar:int -> Test

val msg : string

Multiple items
val string : value:'T -> string

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.string

--------------------
type string = String

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.string

val inner : exn

type exn = Exception

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.exn

val foo : int

Multiple items
val int : value:'T -> int (requires member op_Explicit)

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.int

--------------------
type int = int32

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.int

--------------------
type int<'Measure> = int

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.int<_>

val bar : int

Multiple items
type Exception =
  new : unit -> Exception + 2 overloads
  member Data : IDictionary
  member GetBaseException : unit -> Exception
  member GetObjectData : info:SerializationInfo * context:StreamingContext -> unit
  member GetType : unit -> Type
  member HelpLink : string with get, set
  member InnerException : Exception
  member Message : string
  member Source : string with get, set
  member StackTrace : string
  ...

Full name: System.Exception

--------------------
Exception() : unit
Exception(message: string) : unit
Exception(message: string, innerException: exn) : unit
Exception(info: SerializationInfo, context: StreamingContext) : unit

Multiple items
type StreamingContext =
  struct
    new : state:StreamingContextStates -> StreamingContext + 1 overload
    member Context : obj
    member Equals : obj:obj -> bool
    member GetHashCode : unit -> int
    member State : StreamingContextStates
  end

Full name: System.Runtime.Serialization.StreamingContext

--------------------
StreamingContext()
StreamingContext(state: StreamingContextStates) : unit
StreamingContext(state: StreamingContextStates, additional: obj) : unit

member SerializationInfo.Get : ?param:string -> 'T

member Test.Foo : int

Full name: Script.Test.Foo

val __ : Test

member Test.Bar : int

Full name: Script.Test.Bar

type ISerializable =
member GetObjectData : info:SerializationInfo * context:StreamingContext -> unit

Full name: System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable

override Test.GetObjectData : s:SerializationInfo * StreamingContext -> unit

Full name: Script.Test.GetObjectData

member SerializationInfo.Set : value:'T * ?param:string -> unit

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Link:	http://fssnip.net/dG
Posted:	12 years ago
Author:	Eirik Tsarpalis
Tags:	iserializable , serializationinfo