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# MSNObject Members

MSNObject overview

#### Public Instance Constructors

MSNObject | Overloaded. Initializes a new instance of the MSNObject class.

#### Public Instance Properties

Context | The context as an url-encoded xml string.
ContextPlain | The context as an xml string, not url-encoded.
Creator | The local contact list owner
FileLocation | [Deprecated, use LoadFile()] Gets or sets the file location. When a file is set the file data is immediately read in memory to extract the filehash. It will retain in memory afterwards.
Location | The location of the object. This is a location on the hard-drive. Use relative paths. This is only a text string; na data is read in after setting this field. Use FileLocation for that purpose.
OriginalContext | The original context string that was send by the remote contact
Sha | The SHA1 encrypted hash of the datastream.
Size | The total data size
Type | The type of MSN Object

#### Public Instance Methods

CalculateChecksum | Calculates the checksum for the entire MSN Object.
Equals (inherited from Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.
GetHashCode (inherited from Object) | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. GetHashCode is suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table.
GetType (inherited from Object) | Gets the Type of the current instance.
LoadFile | Gets or sets the file location. When a file is set the file data is immediately read in memory to extract the filehash. It will retain in memory afterwards.
OpenStream | Returns the stream to read from. In case of an in-memory stream that stream is returned. In case of a filelocation a stream to the file will be opened and returned. The stream is not guaranteed to positioned at the beginning of the stream.
ParseContext | Overloaded. Parses a context send by the remote contact and set the corresponding class variables. Context input is assumed to be not base64 encoded.
ToString (inherited from Object) | Returns a String that represents the current Object.
UpdateInCollection | Updates the msn object in the global MSNObjectCatalog.

#### Protected Instance Properties

DataStream | The datastream to write to, or to read from

#### Protected Instance Methods

Finalize (inherited from Object) | Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection.
GetEncodedString | Returns the url-encoded xml string.
GetStreamHash | Calculates the hash of datastream.
GetXmlString | Returns the xml string.
MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object) | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

#### See Also

MSNObject Class | XihSolutions.DotMSN Namespace