ListView Personalization

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;

namespace Personalisation
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Class that resolves deserialisation problems.
	/// Also useful to make sure most recent version of the ColumDetails is used even if the serialised version was stored against an old version.
	/// If the ColumnDetails structure changes then this can be used to switch versions.
	/// </summary>
	internal sealed class ColumnDetailsDeserialisationBinder : SerializationBinder 
	{
		public override Type BindToType(string assemblyName, string typeName) 
		{
			// For each assemblyName/typeName that you want to deserialize to
			// a different type, set typeToDeserialize to the desired type.
			String assemblyVersion = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName;
			String columnDetaisTypeName = typeof(ColumnDetails).FullName;

			if (assemblyName != assemblyVersion && typeName == columnDetaisTypeName) 
			{
				// To use a type from a different assembly version, 
				// change the version number.
				// To do this, uncomment the following line of code.
				assemblyName = assemblyVersion; //assemblyName.Replace("1.2.0.0", "2.0.0.0");

				// To use a different type from the same assembly, 
				// change the type name.
				//typeName = "Version2Type";
			}

			// The following line of code returns the type.
			Type typeToDeserialise = Type.GetType(String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0}, {1}", 	typeName, assemblyName));
			return typeToDeserialise;
		}
	}
}