//
// System.Runtime.Serialization.ISurrogateSelector
//
// Author:
// David Dawkins (david@dawkins.st)
//
// (C) David Dawkins
//
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namespace System.Runtime.Serialization{
/// <summary>
/// Creation of serialization surrogate selectors</summary>
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisibleAttribute (true)]
public interface ISurrogateSelector {
/// <summary>
/// Insert specified selector into available surrogates</summary>
void ChainSelector( ISurrogateSelector selector );
/// <summary>
/// Return next surrogate in the surrogate chain</summary>
ISurrogateSelector GetNextSelector();
/// <summary>
/// Fetch the surrogate according the specified type, starting
/// the search from the surrogate selector for the specified
/// StreamingContext</summary>
/// <param name="type">Type of the object to be serialized</param>
/// <param name="context">Context for the serialization/deserialization</para,>
/// <param name="selector">Upon return, contains a reference to the selector where the returned surrogate was found</param>
/// <returns>The surrogate for the specified type and context</returns>
ISerializationSurrogate GetSurrogate(
Type type,
StreamingContext context,
out ISurrogateSelector selector
);
}
}
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