public sealed class Context

The DOFTypeContext type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	create(Boolean, DOFPacket)	Create a type from a buffer that is pointing to a reference to the type in the context.
	create(Boolean, DOFTypeContextResolver, DOFPacket)	Create a type from a buffer that is pointing to a reference to the type in the context.
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	isFullyDefined	Return whether or not the context is operating in fully-defined mode (returning only fully defined types).
	marshal(DOFPacket)	Write the context to the specified packet.
	marshal(DOFType, DOFPacket)	Write a reference to the specified type into a packet.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

A context is always necessary when reading and writing DOFType instances. The context is conceptually simple, but difficult in practice. The problem is that the order in which the different references are required is not strictly defined. This means that reading a type from the context may immediately require that a type found later in the context, and the recursion must be handled correctly.

The implementation must also guard against improper wire formats that contain self-references which would cause infinite recursion.

WARNING: None of the methods in this class are thread-safe. Therefore any potential for use of a Context object by more than one Thread must be synchronized.

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