Mega Code Archive
Customized Serialization
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
[Serializable]
public class Employee : ISerializable
{
public string name;
public int age;
public string address;
public Employee(string name, int age, string address)
{
this.name = name;
this.age = age;
this.address = address;
}
private Employee(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
{
name = info.GetString("Name");
age = info.GetInt32("Age");
address = info.GetString("Address");
}
public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo inf, StreamingContext con)
{
// Always serialize the Employee's name and age.
inf.AddValue("Name", name);
inf.AddValue("Age", age);
inf.AddValue("Address", address);
}
public override string ToString()
{
StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
str.AppendFormat("Name: {0}\r\n", name);
str.AppendFormat("Age: {0}\r\n", age);
str.AppendFormat("Address: {0}\r\n", address);
return str.ToString();
}
}
public class MainClass
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Employee anEmployee = new Employee("Employee", 6, "London");
Stream str = File.Create("anEmployee.bin");
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
bf.Context = new StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates.CrossAppDomain);
bf.Serialize(str, anEmployee);
str.Close();
str = File.OpenRead("anEmployee.bin");
bf = new BinaryFormatter();
anEmployee = (Employee)bf.Deserialize(str);
str.Close();
Console.WriteLine(anEmployee);
}
}
Name: Employee
Age: 6
Address: London
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