public static void savePerson(Person p, string filename = "test.dat")
{
//Create the stream and and the file object to it
System.IO.Stream fs = File.OpenWrite(filename);
//The object that will format our data to binary while streaming
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
//Serialize the data
formatter.Serialize(fs, p);
fs.Flush();
fs.Close();
fs.Dispose();
}
public static Person loadPerson(Person p, string filename = "test.dat")
{
//Create the stream and and the file object to it
System.IO.Stream fs = File.Open(filename, FileMode.Open);
//The object that will format our data to binary while streaming
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
//Serialize the data
Object obj = formatter.Deserialize(fs);
p = (Person)obj; //cast the object as our person class before returning
fs.Flush();
fs.Close();
fs.Dispose();
return p;
}
static void Main()
{
string filename;
Console.Write("Enter your name");
string name = Console.ReadLine();
Person p = new Person(name);
Console.Write("Enter a filename for saving:");
filename = Console.ReadLine();
savePerson(p,filename);
Console.ReadKey();
Console.Write("Enter a filename for loading:");
filename = Console.ReadLine();
p = loadPerson(p, filename);
Console.ReadKey();
Console.Write(p.Name);
Console.ReadKey();
}