public void SerializeData()
{
MusicDataStore mds = MusicDataStore.TestData();
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("MusicTracks.bin", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write))
{
formatter.Serialize(fs, mds);
}
}
public void DeserializeData()
{
MusicDataStore mds = null;
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("MusicTracks.bin", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
mds = (MusicDataStore)formatter.Deserialize(fs);
}
Console.WriteLine(mds.Artists.FirstOrDefault()?.Name);
Console.WriteLine(mds.MusicTracks.First()?.Title);
}
public void SerializeXML()
{
MusicDataStore mds = MusicDataStore.TestData();
XmlSerializer formatter = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MusicDataStore));
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("MusicTracks.xml", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write))
{
formatter.Serialize(fs, mds);
}
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("MusicTracks.xml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
formatter.Deserialize(fs);
}
}
public static MusicDataStore TestData()
{
MusicDataStore result = new MusicDataStore()
{
Artists = new List <Artist>()
{
new Artist {
Name = "John Mayer"
}, new Artist {
Name = "Olafur Arnolds"
}
},
MusicTracks = new List <MusicTrack>()
{
new MusicTrack {
Name = "JM", Title = "How to be loved"
}
}
};
return(result);
}
