private static void Serialize(string fileName, MyStringData data)
{
using (var stream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
{
IFormatter formatter = CreateFormatter();
formatter.Serialize(stream, data);
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("***** Fun with Custom Serialization *****\n");
#region Serialize MyStringData
// Persist MyStringData in SOAP format.
MyStringData sd = new MyStringData();
sd.dataItemOne = "This is some data.";
sd.dataItemTwo = "Here is some more data";
Stream s = new FileStream("MyData.soap",
FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);
SoapFormatter sf = new SoapFormatter();
sf.Serialize(s, sd);
s.Close();
s = File.OpenRead("MyData.soap");
sd = (MyStringData)sf.Deserialize(s);
Console.WriteLine("Item 1: {0}", sd.dataItemOne);
Console.WriteLine("Item 2: {0}", sd.dataItemTwo);
#endregion
#region Serialize MoreData
// Persist MoreData in SOAP format.
MoreData md = new MoreData();
md.dataItemOne = "Testing 1, 2, 3.";
md.dataItemTwo = "One more test...";
s = new FileStream("MoreData.soap",
FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);
sf = new SoapFormatter();
sf.Serialize(s, md);
s.Close();
s = File.OpenRead("MoreData.soap");
md = (MoreData)sf.Deserialize(s);
Console.WriteLine("Item 1: {0}", md.dataItemOne);
Console.WriteLine("Item 2: {0}", md.dataItemTwo);
Console.ReadLine();
#endregion
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
MyStringData original = new MyStringData
{
ItemOne = "Hello",
ItemTwo = "World"
};
const string fileName = "serialized.bin";
try
{
Serialize(fileName, original);
var reconstructed = Deserialize(fileName);
Console.WriteLine(IsEqual(original, reconstructed));
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
private static bool IsEqual(MyStringData lhs, MyStringData rhs)
{
return
(lhs.ItemOne == rhs.ItemOne &&
lhs.ItemTwo == rhs.ItemTwo);
}