WritableT Class

public abstract class Writable<T> : IWritable
where T : Writable<T>

Public MustInherit Class Writable(Of T As Writable(Of T))
	Implements IWritable

generic<typename T>
where T : Writable<T>
public ref class Writable abstract : IWritable

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
type Writable<'T when 'T : Writable<'T>> =  
    class
        interface IWritable
    end

Type Parameters

T

The type of the writable type; this should be the type inheriting from WritableT.

The generated IWritable implementation will serialize all properties of the type. Because IWritable types may be created uninitialized (without calling the constructor), you must be sure it's safe to deserialize a type by simply setting all its properties, even if the constructor hasn't been run.

Because the serializer and deserializer are generated from the type T, it is not safe to derive other classes from that type unless you override the Read(BinaryReader) and Write(BinaryWriter) implementations.

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