public static void Go()
{
using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
{
// 1. Construct the desired formatter
IFormatter formatter = new SoapFormatter();
// 2. Construct a SurrogateSelector object
SurrogateSelector ss = new SurrogateSelector();
// 3. Tell the surrogate selector to use our surrogate for DateTime objects
ISerializationSurrogate utcToLocalTimeSurrogate = new UniversalToLocalTimeSerializationSurrogate();
#if GetSurrogateForCyclicalReference
utcToLocalTimeSurrogate = FormatterServices.GetSurrogateForCyclicalReference(utcToLocalTimeSurrogate);
#endif
ss.AddSurrogate(typeof(DateTime), formatter.Context, utcToLocalTimeSurrogate);
// NOTE: AddSurrogate can be called multiple times to register multiple surrogates
// 4. Tell the formatter to use our surrogate selector
formatter.SurrogateSelector = ss;
// Create a DateTime that represents the local time on the machine & serialize it
DateTime localTimeBeforeSerialize = DateTime.Now;
formatter.Serialize(stream, localTimeBeforeSerialize);
// The Soap-formatted stream displays the Universal time as a string to prove it worked
stream.Position = 0;
Console.WriteLine(new StreamReader(stream).ReadToEnd());
// Deserialize the Universal time string & convert it to a local DateTime for this machine
stream.Position = 0;
DateTime localTimeAfterDeserialize = (DateTime)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
// Prove it worked correctly
Console.WriteLine("LocalTimeBeforeSerialize={0}", localTimeBeforeSerialize);
Console.WriteLine("LocalTimeAfterDeserialize={0}", localTimeAfterDeserialize);
}
}
public static void Go() {
using (var stream = new MemoryStream()) {
// 1. Construct the desired formatter
IFormatter formatter = new SoapFormatter();
// 2. Construct a SurrogateSelector object
SurrogateSelector ss = new SurrogateSelector();
// 3. Tell the surrogate selector to use our surrogate for DateTime objects
ISerializationSurrogate utcToLocalTimeSurrogate = new UniversalToLocalTimeSerializationSurrogate();
#if GetSurrogateForCyclicalReference
utcToLocalTimeSurrogate = FormatterServices.GetSurrogateForCyclicalReference(utcToLocalTimeSurrogate);
#endif
ss.AddSurrogate(typeof(DateTime), formatter.Context, utcToLocalTimeSurrogate);
// NOTE: AddSurrogate can be called multiple times to register multiple surrogates
// 4. Tell the formatter to use our surrogate selector
formatter.SurrogateSelector = ss;
// Create a DateTime that represents the local time on the machine & serialize it
DateTime localTimeBeforeSerialize = DateTime.Now;
formatter.Serialize(stream, localTimeBeforeSerialize);
// The Soap-formatted stream displays the Universal time as a string to prove it worked
stream.Position = 0;
Console.WriteLine(new StreamReader(stream).ReadToEnd());
// Deserialize the Universal time string & convert it to a local DateTime for this machine
stream.Position = 0;
DateTime localTimeAfterDeserialize = (DateTime)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
// Prove it worked correctly:
Console.WriteLine("LocalTimeBeforeSerialize ={0}", localTimeBeforeSerialize);
Console.WriteLine("LocalTimeAfterDeserialize={0}", localTimeAfterDeserialize);
}
}
