private static void RunSerializerVisualization() { const string testString = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; Console.WriteLine("Serializing: {0}", testString); var instance = new VisualizationClass { Value = testString }; byte[] buffer; using (var stream = new MemoryStream()) { SerializerService.Serialize(instance, stream); buffer = stream.ToArray(); } var ascii = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer); Console.WriteLine("Input string Length: {0}", testString.Length); Console.WriteLine("Output byte length: {0}", buffer.Length); Console.WriteLine("Byte Output: {0}", buffer.ToString(":")); Console.WriteLine("ASCII: {0}", ascii); Console.ReadKey(); }