Serialize Method (obj, serializer)

Syntax

public abstract IDictionary<string, Object> Serialize (
	Object obj,
	JavaScriptSerializer serializer
)

Public MustOverride Function Serialize ( _
	obj As Object, _
	serializer As JavaScriptSerializer _
) As IDictionary(Of String, Object)

public:
virtual IDictionary<String^, Object^>^ Serialize (
	Object^ obj, 
	JavaScriptSerializer^ serializer
) abstract

public abstract IDictionary<String, Object> Serialize (
	Object obj,
	JavaScriptSerializer serializer
)

Parameters

obj (Object)

The Object to serialize.

serializer (JavaScriptSerializer)

The JavaScriptSerializer responsible for the serialization.

Return Value

Return Value

An IDictionary object that contains key/value pairs that represent the object’s data.

Remarks

When serializing a type for which a custom converter is registered, the JavaScriptSerializer instance will invoke the Serialize(Object, JavaScriptSerializer) method.

Notes For Inheritors

The return value of Serialize(Object, JavaScriptSerializer) must be an IDictionary instance with zero or more name/value pairs that represent an object’s data that will be converted to JSON. Note that the converter itself does not serialize data as JSON. Instead, the converter builds a dictionary of name/value pairs that contain the property names (the string key for the dictionary) and corresponding property values (the object value in the dictionary). The JavaScriptSerializer instance subsequently converts these to JSON.

If the converter encounters an exception, it should throw an InvalidOperationException that describes the problem.

Assembly: System.Web.Extensions (Module: System.Web.Extensions)