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11/18/2011

StreamingContext Structure

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Describes the source and destination of a given serialized stream, and provides an additional caller-defined context.

Namespace: System.Runtime.Serialization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Structure StreamingContext

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public struct StreamingContext

The StreamingContext type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates)	Initializes a new instance of the StreamingContext class with a given context state.
	StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates, Object)	Initializes a new instance of the StreamingContext class with a given context state, and some additional information.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Context	Gets the context specified as part of the additional context.
	State	Gets the source or destination of the transmitted data.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether two StreamingContext instances contain the same values. (Overrides ValueType.Equals(Object).)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Returns a hash code of this object. (Overrides ValueType.GetHashCode().)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns the fully qualified type name of this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)

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Remarks

Indicates the source or destination of the bits that the formatter uses. Classes with surrogates or that implement ISerializable can serialize or ignore fields and values based on the information stored in the streaming context. For example, a window handle is still valid if the State property is set to CrossProcess.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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