C# Class WinCompose.SettingsEntry

The base class to represent an entry in the settings file. It handles thread-safe and process-safe saving and loading.

Public Methods

Method	Description
Load ( ) : bool	Loads this settings entry from the settings file. This operation is thread-safe and process-safe.
Save ( ) : bool	Saves this settings entry into the settings file. This operation is thread-safe and process-safe.

Method	Description
Deserialize ( string str ) : object	Deserializes the given string into an object of the type of this entry. This method should not throw any unhandled exception.
Serialize ( object value ) : string	Serializes the given value into a string. This method should not throw any unhandled exception.
SettingsEntry ( string section, string key, object defaultValue ) : System

Deserializes the given string into an object of the type of this entry. This method should not throw any unhandled exception.

protected abstract Deserialize ( string str ) : object
str	string	The string to deserialize.
return	object

Loads this settings entry from the settings file. This operation is thread-safe and process-safe.

public Load ( ) : bool
return	bool

Saves this settings entry into the settings file. This operation is thread-safe and process-safe.

public Save ( ) : bool
return	bool

Serializes the given value into a string. This method should not throw any unhandled exception.

protected abstract Serialize ( object value ) : string
value	object	The value to serialize.
return	string

protected SettingsEntry ( string section, string key, object defaultValue ) : System
section	string
key	string
defaultValue	object
return	System