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What is Binary Serialization and Deserialization in C# and how to achieve Binary Serialization in C#?
Converting an Object to a Binary format which is not in a human readable format is called Binary Serialization.
Converting back the binary format to human readable format is called deserialization?
To achieve binary serialization in C# we have to make use of library System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary Assembly
Create an object of BinaryFormatter class and make use of serialize method inside the class
Example
Serialize an Object to Binary
[Serializable]
public class Demo {
public string ApplicationName { get; set; } = "Binary Serialize";
public int ApplicationId { get; set; } = 1001;
}
class Program {
static void Main() {
Demo sample = new Demo();
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(@"C:\Temp\Questions.dat", FileMode.Create);
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
formatter.Serialize(fileStream, sample);
Console.ReadKey();
}
}Output
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AConsoleApp, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null ConsoleApp.Demo<ApplicationName>k__BackingField-<ApplicationId>k__BackingField Binary Serializeé
Example
Converting back from Binary to Object
[Serializable]
public class Demo {
public string ApplicationName { get; set; }
public int ApplicationId { get; set; }
}
class Program {
static void Main() {
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(@"C:\Temp\Questions.dat ", FileMode.Open);
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
Demo deserializedSampledemo = (Demo)formatter.Deserialize(fileStream);
Console.WriteLine($"ApplicationName { deserializedSampledemo.ApplicationName} --- ApplicationId { deserializedSampledemo.ApplicationId}");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}Output
ApplicationName Binary Serialize --- ApplicationId 1001
Updated on: 05-Aug-2020
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