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
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(); } }
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AConsoleApp, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null ConsoleApp.Demo<ApplicationName>k__BackingField-<ApplicationId>k__BackingField Binary Serializeé
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(); } }
ApplicationName Binary Serialize --- ApplicationId 1001