NP123 Syntax

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NP123 Syntax

In the msdn website Syntax has been explained. But I couldn’t understand it. For me it looks like strange. For example in the following website Syntax of C# is explained, anyone knows please explain the meaning.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.stringbuilder(printer).aspx

Syntax

[SerializableAttribute]

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]

public sealed class StringBuilder : ISerializable

Thank you

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Alan18y ago
Accepted answer
It probably looks strange, maha, because you're not used to seeing classes which have attributes - the items surrounded by square brackets.

What it's actually telling you is that:

1. StringBuilder is a public class in the .NET framework which is sealed, so no classes can be derived from it.

2. It implements the ISerializable interface.

3. It can be serialized.

4. It's visible to the Component Object Model (COM) - don't worry what this means.

MSDN uses these gray syntax boxes so you can see at a glance what you may need to know about a particular class or type, expressed in the .NET language which you use.
18y ago
Thank you for your explanation.
Muhammad Shahid Farooq18y ago
Serialization is the process of converting complex objects into stream of bytes for storage.
Deserialization is its reverse process, that is unpacking stream of bytes to their original form.

For more read the following articles:

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/bipinjoshi/serializingObjectsinCS11102005234746PM/serializingObjectsinCS.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/objserial.aspx
http://www.developer.com/net/csharp/article.php/3110371
18y ago
What is meant by serialized.
Ryan Alford18y ago
Syntax has nothing to do with programming. I just gave you the definition of "syntax". It's how something is written. The website is saying that the following grey box is how the code is written in C#. So they say the "Syntax" for C# is....(grey box).
18y ago
Syntax has been presented such away (in the above greay box) what does it mean.
Ryan Alford18y ago
syntax - the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses) :: the part of grammar dealing with this

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syntax