public static ConnectionsStore Deserialize(string FilePath)
{
// Declare the hashtable reference.
ConnectionsStore myConnections = new ConnectionsStore();
// Open the file containing the data that you want to deserialize.
FileStream fs = new FileStream(FilePath, FileMode.Open);
try
{
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
// Deserialize the hashtable from the file and
// assign the reference to the local variable.
myConnections = (ConnectionsStore)formatter.Deserialize(fs);
}
catch (SerializationException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Failed to deserialize. Reason: " + e.Message);
}
finally
{
fs.Close();
}
// To prove that the table deserialized correctly,
// display the key/value pairs.
return(myConnections);
}
public static void Serialize(string filepath, ConnectionsStore myConnections)
{
// In this case, use a file stream.
FileStream fs = new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Create);
// Construct a BinaryFormatter and use it to serialize the data to the stream.
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
try
{
formatter.Serialize(fs, myConnections);
}
catch (SerializationException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Failed to serialize. Reason: " + e.Message);
}
finally
{
fs.Close();
}
}