How to Deserialize to a specific object instance.

[MP]

Hi,
I would like to be able to deserialize a stream to a specific instance.
Deserialize returns me a new instances and that is not really what we need,
we need to deserialized to an existing instance. Can anyone point me in the
rigth direction?


Regards

-Martin

 

[Ollie Riches]

when deserialize(re-hydrate) an object from an XML stream it creates a new
instance of the type so therefore it will have a completely different hash
code (GetHashCode()). If you want to map this onto an already existing
instance of the type you will have to do this after the deserialization has
been compeleted.

HTH


Ollie Riches

 

[Peter Rilling]

Why would you need it to be the same "instance"?

 

[MP]

Thank you Ollie,
Then the obvious question is: Is there a simple way map one instance of
an object onto another? Kind of a copy operator....

Thank you again.

-Martin

 

[Ollie Riches]

MS have created an interface in the .Net framework called 'ICloneable' that
is a pattern for copying an instance of a class and returing the new
instance.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/
frlrfsystemicloneableclasstopic.asp

HTH

Ollie Riches

All you have to do is impletm "MP"

 

[daiyue]

I believe it's impossible to do so.

 

[MP]

Well.... I just figured it out. Now, I just need to get this working with
remoting.

-Martin

 

[Guest]

MP,

How did you do it? I need to do the same thing.

Thanks,

John

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