﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Type Name="Parity" FullName="System.IO.Ports.Parity"><TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public enum Parity" /><TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public auto ansi sealed Parity extends System.Enum" /><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyName>System</AssemblyName><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><Base><BaseTypeName>System.Enum</BaseTypeName></Base><Docs><since version=".NET 2.0" /><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Use this enumeration when setting the <see cref="P:System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.Parity" /> property for a serial port connection.</para><para>Parity is an error-checking procedure in which the number of 1s must always be the same—either even or odd—for each group of bits that is transmitted without error. In modem-to-modem communications, parity is often one of the parameters that must be agreed upon by sending parties and receiving parties before transmission can take place.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Specifies the parity bit for a <see cref="T:System.IO.Ports.SerialPort" /> object.</para></summary></Docs><Members><Member MemberName="Even"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="Even" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".field public static literal valuetype System.IO.Ports.Parity Even = int32(2)" /><MemberType>Field</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.IO.Ports.Parity</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Docs><since version=".NET 2.0" /><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Sets the parity bit so that the count of bits set is an even number.</para></summary></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="Mark"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="Mark" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".field public static literal valuetype System.IO.Ports.Parity Mark = int32(3)" /><MemberType>Field</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.IO.Ports.Parity</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Docs><since version=".NET 2.0" /><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Leaves the parity bit set to 1.</para></summary></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="None"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="None" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".field public static literal valuetype System.IO.Ports.Parity None = int32(0)" /><MemberType>Field</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.IO.Ports.Parity</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Docs><since version=".NET 2.0" /><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>No parity check occurs.</para></summary></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="Odd"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="Odd" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".field public static literal valuetype System.IO.Ports.Parity Odd = int32(1)" /><MemberType>Field</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.IO.Ports.Parity</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Docs><since version=".NET 2.0" /><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Sets the parity bit so that the count of bits set is an odd number.</para></summary></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="Space"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="Space" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".field public static literal valuetype System.IO.Ports.Parity Space = int32(4)" /><MemberType>Field</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.IO.Ports.Parity</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Docs><since version=".NET 2.0" /><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Leaves the parity bit set to 0.</para></summary></Docs></Member></Members></Type>