Registering Non-Generic Classes

You can use either of the two ways described below to register your classes for compact serialization.

Important

For .NET, before deploying your DLL files, ensure you have the have the appropriate .NET Version installed as discussed in the NCache Installation Guide.

Using the NCache Management Center

• Launch the NCache Management Center by browsing https://localhost:8251 or https://<public-ip>:8252 on Windows and Linux.

• In the left navigation bar, click on Clustered Caches or Local Caches, based on the cache to configure.

• Against the cache name, click on View Details.

• This opens up the detailed configuration page for the cache. Go to the Advanced Settings tab and click on Compact Serialization in the left bar.

• Click the Add Types button, and a new Select Compact Classes dialog box will open.

• Against Library, click on "Browse" and select the required file which contains the classes. The classes will be listed from the selected assembly in the Loaded Class list box.

• Select the desired class, which you want to register with NCache for compact serialization, and click Add Classes.

• Click OK to add class. It lists fully qualified name of the selected class in the Compact Serialization tab.

• Click on Save Changes to apply this configuration to the cache.

Using Command Line Tools

The Add Compact Type tool enables the user to register a custom object for compact serialization for the given caches.

This command defines a compact type for demoCache. You can define further types one by one repeating the step for other types.

Add-CompactType -CacheName demoCache -AssemblyPath C:\Data.dll -Class Alachisoft.NCache.Sample.Data.Customer

See Also

Unregister Non-Generic Classes
Register Generic Classes
Register Generic Classes using Generic Type Handler
Register Classes for Portable Data Sharing