private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
List<Car> cars = new List<Car>();
Car car = new Car() { Make = "Jeep", Model = "Wrangler", Year = 2013, Owner = new Owner() { FirstName = "Eddie", LastName = "West" } };
Car car1 = new Car() { Make = "Mazda", Model = "CX-9", Year = 2007, Owner = new Owner() { FirstName = "Joseph", LastName = "Phillips" } };
cars.Add(car);
cars.Add(car1);
//save the car list to a file
ObjectToSerialize objectToSerialize = new ObjectToSerialize();
objectToSerialize.Cars = cars;
Serializer serializer = new Serializer();
serializer.SerializeObject("outputFile.txt", objectToSerialize);
this.OLVCars.SetObjects(cars);
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
List<Car> cars = new List<Car>();
//the car list has been saved to outputFile.txt
//read the file back from outputFile.txt
ObjectToSerialize objectToSerialize = new ObjectToSerialize();
Serializer serializer = new Serializer();
objectToSerialize = serializer.DeSerializeObject("outputFile.txt");
cars = objectToSerialize.Cars;
Car car = cars[0];
car.Model = "Car";
objectToSerialize.Cars = cars;
serializer.SerializeObject("outputFile.txt", objectToSerialize);
}