XmlSerializationReader.ShrinkArray(Array, Int32, Type, Boolean) Method    
Definition
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Ensures that a given array, or a copy, is no larger than a specified length.
This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
protected:
 Array ^ ShrinkArray(Array ^ a, int length, Type ^ elementType, bool isNullable);
	[System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.RequiresDynamicCode("XML serializer relies on dynamic code generation which is not available with Ahead of Time compilation")]
protected Array? ShrinkArray(Array? a, int length, Type elementType, bool isNullable);
	protected Array? ShrinkArray(Array? a, int length, Type elementType, bool isNullable);
	protected Array ShrinkArray(Array a, int length, Type elementType, bool isNullable);
	[<System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.RequiresDynamicCode("XML serializer relies on dynamic code generation which is not available with Ahead of Time compilation")>]
member this.ShrinkArray : Array * int * Type * bool -> Array
	member this.ShrinkArray : Array * int * Type * bool -> Array
	Protected Function ShrinkArray (a As Array, length As Integer, elementType As Type, isNullable As Boolean) As Array
	Parameters
- a
 - Array
 
The array that is being checked.
- length
 - Int32
 
The maximum length of the array.
- isNullable
 - Boolean
 
true if null for the array, if present for the input array, can be returned; otherwise, a new, smaller array.
Returns
The existing Array, if it is already small enough; otherwise, a new, smaller array that contains the original array's elements up to the size of length.
- Attributes
 
Remarks
The protected members of XmlSerializationReader are intended for use only by derived classes that are used internally within the .NET Framework XML serialization infrastructure.