One solution could be to implement a new Formatter class (using, maybe, Corba or whatever public format) and makig it usable even on MS.NET implementation, so that if you want to make interoperable Mono with a MSNET all you need is to use the "open" formatter. Just an idea, hope this helps.
-- Regards, Francesco Delfino Tipic Inc. http://www.tipic.com e-mail & Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] blog: http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Dietmar Maurer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 1034686476.9439.18.camel@tequila">news:1034686476.9439.18.camel@tequila... > On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 10:38, George Kodinov wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to run on Mono an MS.NET application using the > > BinaryFormatter class. > > I've noted that the BinaryFormatter class is not currently implemented. > > I'm thinking about implementing it. > > But I find no documentation of the MS.NET binary formatter output format > > (to be able to read data produced by MS.NET BinaryFormatter). > > Thats the problem - it is totally undocumented! I also found no useful > info about it. > > > Is something known about that format (so I can start filling up the > > Mono's BinaryFormatter class), or I have to try to reverse-engineer it ? > > Or is it OK to define some binary format specially for Mono ? > > You can implement a CORBA compatible formatter, for example. Or you can > use the SOAP formatter, which is also a documented standard. > > - Dietmar > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
