Public Overloads Shared Function Restore( _
   ByVal instanceType As Type, _
   ByVal stream As Stream, _
   ByVal closeOnExit As Boolean, _
   Optional ByVal knownTypes As IEnumerable(Of Type), _
   Optional ByVal useBinaryFormat As Boolean _
) As Object

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Dim instanceType As Type Dim stream As Stream Dim closeOnExit As Boolean Dim knownTypes As IEnumerable(Of Type) Dim useBinaryFormat As Boolean Dim value As Object   value = SerializationFns.Restore(instanceType, stream, closeOnExit, knownTypes, useBinaryFormat)

public static object Restore( 
   Type instanceType,
   Stream stream,
   bool closeOnExit,
   IEnumerable<Type> knownTypes,
   bool useBinaryFormat
)

public:
static Object^ Restore( 
   Type^ instanceType,
   Stream^ stream,
   bool closeOnExit,
   IEnumerable<Type^>^ knownTypes,
   bool useBinaryFormat
) 

Parameters

instanceType

The type of instance to deserialize

stream

Stream to be read

closeOnExit

Whether or not to close the stream when done.

knownTypes

List of known types in the serialized object

useBinaryFormat

True to restore data in binary format; false if the data is in text format.

Return Value

Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family

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