[Mono-dev] Re: [PATCH] NET_2_0 Serialization Callbacks

[Robert Jordan]

Robert Jordan wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I've attached the patches to this bug:
> 
> http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=78594
> 
> The code could be used for 1.1 as well (the 1.1 support
> is commented out). However, as Lluis wrote, the
> formatters must cope with these changes. Ours do, but
> custom formatters do not.
> 
> There is an unsolved issue with the callbacks:
> 
> MS.NET's Type Loader does not load a type which has
> more than one method marked with the same attribute:
> 
> The sample
> 
> class T
> {
>     [OnDeserializing]
>     void A (StreamingContext ctx)
>     {
>     }
> 
>     [OnDeserializing]
>     void B (StreamingContext ctx)
>     {
>     }
> }
> 
> leads to a TypeLoadException. The loader also checks whether
> the method has the proper signature.
> 
> Where do we implement this?

Okay, MS.NET's PEVerify reports this as an error as well, so I guess
it should be done in Mono's verifier. Any objections?

Robert