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IG.Lib.SerializationDto< Type > Class Template Reference

Generic base class for Data Transfer Objects (DTO). This class is used as template for producing concrete DTO classes. Such DTOs are used for serialization and deserialization of state of various kinds of objects that need to be transfered between applications, across platforms, or simply stored in files for future use. More...

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Public Member Functions

 SerializationDto ()
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from IG.Lib.SerializationDtoBase< Type, BaseType >
 SerializationDtoBase ()
 
virtual bool GetNull ()
 Returns a flag indicating whether the object represented by the current DTO is null. More...
 
virtual void SetNull (bool isNull)
 Sets a flag indicating whether the object represented by the current DTO is null. More...
 
abstract Type CreateObject ()
 Creates and returns a new object of the type whose data is represented by the current DTO (Data Transfer Object). WARNING: Implement thread locking in overriding functions! More...
 
virtual void CopyFromBase (BaseType obj)
 Copies data to the current DTO from an object of type BaseType. More...
 
virtual void CopyToBase (ref BaseType obj)
 Copies data from the current DTO to an object of the base type. Object is created anew if necessary by using the CreateObject() method. More...
 
virtual void CopyFrom (Type obj)
 Copies data to the current DTO from an object of type Type. More...
 
virtual void CopyTo (ref Type obj)
 Copies data from the current DTO to an object of type Type. Object is created anew if necessary by using the CreateObject() method. More...
 
virtual void CopyFromObject (object obj)
 Copies data to the current DTO from an object of type object. The necessary casts are performed. More...
 
virtual void CopyToObject (ref object obj)
 Copies data from the current DTO to an object of type object. Object is created anew if necessary by using the CreateObject() method. The necessary casts are performed. More...
 
override string ToString ()
 Creates and returns string representation of the current DTO (data transfer object). More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from IG.Lib.SerializationDto
static ObjectType CopyToObjectReturned< DtoType, ObjectType > (DtoType dto, ObjectType obj)
 Replacement for CopyToObject<DtoType> for cases where object can not be passed by reference. The returned object must be assigned to object (property, list element, etc.) to which object state is copied. More...
 
static void CopyToObject< DtoType, ObjectType > (DtoType dto, ref ObjectType obj)
 Copies object state form the specified DTO (data transfer object) to the specified object. More...
 
static DtoType CopyFromObjectReturned< DtoType, ObjectType > (ObjectType obj, DtoType dto)
 Replacement for CopyObjectFromObject<DtoType> for cases where object can not be passed by reference. The returned object must be assigned to object (property, list element, etc.) to which object state is copied. More...
 
static void CopyFromObject< DtoType, ObjectType > (ObjectType obj, ref DtoType dto)
 Copies object state form the specified object to the corresponding DTO (data transfer object). More...
 
static ObjectType[] CopyArrayToObjectReturned< DtoType, ObjectType > (DtoType[] tabDto, ObjectType[] tabObj)
 Replacement for CopyArrayToObject for cases where object can not be passed by reference. The returned object must be assigned to object (property, list element, etc.) to which data is copied. More...
 
static void CopyArrayToObject< DtoType, ObjectType > (DtoType[] tabDto, ref ObjectType[] tabObj)
 Copies array of DTOs (Data Transfer Objects) to an array of appropriate objects. More...
 
static DtoType[] CopyArrayFromObjectReturned< DtoType, ObjectType > (ObjectType[] tabObj, DtoType[] tabDto)
 Replacement for CopyArrayFromObject for cases where object can not be passed by reference. The returned object must be assigned to object (property, list element, etc.) to which data is copied. More...
 
static void CopyArrayFromObject< DtoType, ObjectType > (ObjectType[] tabObj, ref DtoType[] tabDto)
 Copies array of objects to an array of DTOs. More...
 
static List< ObjectType > CopyListToObjectReturned< DtoType, ObjectType > (DtoType[] tabDto, List< ObjectType > listObj)
 Replacement for CopyListToObject for cases where object can not be passed by reference. The returned object must be assigned to object (property, list element, etc.) to which data is copied. More...
 
static void CopyListToObject< DtoType, ObjectType > (DtoType[] tabDto, ref List< ObjectType > listObj)
 Copies array of DTOs (Data Transfer Objects) to a list of appropriate objects. More...
 
static DtoType[] CopyListFromObjectReturned< DtoType, ObjectType > (List< ObjectType > tabObj, DtoType[] tabDto)
 Replacement for CopyArrayFromObject for cases where object can not be passed by reference. The returned object must be assigned to object (property, list element, etc.) to which data is copied. More...
 
static void CopyListFromObject< DtoType, ObjectType > (List< ObjectType > tabObj, ref DtoType[] tabDto)
 Copies array of objects to a list of DTOs. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from IG.Lib.SerializationDtoBase< Type, BaseType >
abstract void CopyFromPlain (BaseType obj)
 Copies contents of the specified object to the current DTO (Data Transfer Object). More...
 
abstract void CopyToPlain (ref BaseType obj)
 Copies contents of the current DTO (Data Transfer Object) to the specified object. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from IG.Lib.SerializationDto
 SerializationDto ()
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from IG.Lib.SerializationDtoBase< Type, BaseType >
bool _isNull = false
 
- Properties inherited from IG.Lib.SerializationDtoBase< Type, BaseType >
object Lock [get]
 This object's central lock object to be used by other object. Do not use this object for locking in class' methods, for this you should use InternalLock. More...
 
- Properties inherited from IG.Lib.ILockable
object Lock [get]
 

Detailed Description

Generic base class for Data Transfer Objects (DTO). This class is used as template for producing concrete DTO classes. Such DTOs are used for serialization and deserialization of state of various kinds of objects that need to be transfered between applications, across platforms, or simply stored in files for future use.

Template Parameters
TypeType for which DTO is used.
See also
SerializationDtoBase<Type, Type>

There is an agreement that all derived classes must have a public argument-less (default) constructor. Generic classes are usually not used for serialization/deserialization. Only derived types where both type parameters are fixed are normally used for this purpos. This class is essentially equal to SerializationDtoBase<Type, BaseType> where BaseType is the same as Type. IMPORTANT: This class does not have base type specified, i.e. it is used for situation where actual object type is not sidtinguished from base type. Base type in the variant with two types (SerializationDtoBase<Type, BaseType>) is used just occasionally because of the benefit of defining copying operation only for base type and use it for different derived types.

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Type Constraints
Type :class 

Constructor & Destructor Documentation


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