I need to save an object, its serializable but I donot want to use XML. Is it possible to write the raw bytes of the object and then read it off the disk to create the object again?
Thanks for the help!
2 Answers
Use a BinaryFormatter:
var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
// Serialize
using (var stream = File.OpenWrite(path))
{
formatter.Serialize(stream, yourObject);
}
...
// Deserialize
using (var stream = File.OpenRead(path))
{
YourType yourObject = (YourType)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
}
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John Demetriou
but for passing objects between projects, both of them need to reside in a common assembly/namespace
Yes, it is called binary serialization. There are some good examples on the MSDN site:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4abbf6k0(v=vs.100).aspx
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