Question

i want to write my own serialisation (xml and binary do not fit for me,
i want “a more ADO” way)

so i defined an interface:

interface ISerializeData
{
    DataTable GetDataSchema();
    DataTable SerializeData();
    object DeserializeData(DataTable data);
}

now i do not want to create an instance of an object to let
me get the schema for that object.

And: DeserializeData should return an instance, not use an instance.
Therefore i think it should be also static. (okay, it can initialize
an instancce from a datatable…)

Any ideas? How can i model that? static is not allowed in
interfaces and my classes already inherit from another abstract
base class.

Any ideas appreciated!

Answer 1

that issue is why the other serializer utilize attributes as they allow you to provide metadata about how the class is to be stored with out forcing you to deal with the implementation of the class itself.