static void Main(string[] args)
{
/* Data contract serialization typically reads and writes XML data. You use a
* DataContractSerializer object for data contract serialization. Its
* WriteObject() method can write to a stream, or it can write to an object that
* extends XmlDictionaryWriter, an abstract class that controls XML output and
* can be extended to change the way the XML output is written. Objects are
* deserialized using the ReadObject() method, which can read XML data from
* a stream or an XmlDictionaryReader.
*/
DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(SerializableGuy));
// We’ll create a new SerializableGuy object and serialize it using a FileStream.
SerializableGuy guyToWrite = new SerializableGuy("Joe", 37, 150);
using (FileStream writer = new FileStream("serialized_guy.xml", FileMode.Create))
{
serializer.WriteObject(writer, guyToWrite);
}
// We can open the file we just wrote and deserialize it into a new guy using ReadObject().
// We’ll use the XmlDictionaryReader.CreateTextReader() method to create an object that
// reads XML data from a stream.
SerializableGuy guyToRead = null;
using (FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("serialized_guy.xml", FileMode.Open))
using (XmlDictionaryReader reader =
XmlDictionaryReader.CreateTextReader(inputStream, new XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas()))
{
guyToRead = serializer.ReadObject(reader, true) as SerializableGuy;
}
Console.WriteLine(guyToRead);
// Output: Joe is 37 years old and has 150 bucks [1461194451,0]
string xmlGuy = @"
<Guy xmlns=""http://www.headfirstlabs.com"" xmlns:i=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"">
<Age>43</Age>
<Cash>225</Cash>
<Name>Bob</Name>
<secretNumberOne>54321</secretNumberOne>
</Guy>";
byte[] buffer = UnicodeEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlGuy);
using (XmlDictionaryReader reader =
XmlDictionaryReader.CreateTextReader(buffer, new XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas()))
{
guyToRead = serializer.ReadObject(reader, true) as SerializableGuy;
}
Console.WriteLine(guyToRead);
// Output: Bob is 43 years old and has 225 bucks [54321,0]
Console.ReadKey();
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
/* Data contract serialization typically reads and writes XML data. You use a
* DataContractSerializer object for data contract serialization. Its
* WriteObject() method can write to a stream, or it can write to an object that
* extends XmlDictionaryWriter, an abstract class that controls XML output and
* can be extended to change the way the XML output is written. Objects are
* deserialized using the ReadObject() method, which can read XML data from
* a stream or an XmlDictionaryReader.
*/
DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(SerializableGuy));
// We’ll create a new SerializableGuy object and serialize it using a FileStream.
SerializableGuy guyToWrite = new SerializableGuy("Joe", 37, 150);
using (FileStream writer = new FileStream("serialized_guy.xml", FileMode.Create))
{
serializer.WriteObject(writer, guyToWrite);
}
// We can open the file we just wrote and deserialize it into a new guy using ReadObject().
// We’ll use the XmlDictionaryReader.CreateTextReader() method to create an object that
// reads XML data from a stream.
SerializableGuy guyToRead = null;
using (FileStream inputStream = new FileStream("serialized_guy.xml", FileMode.Open))
using (XmlDictionaryReader reader =
XmlDictionaryReader.CreateTextReader(inputStream, new XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas()))
{
guyToRead = serializer.ReadObject(reader, true) as SerializableGuy;
}
Console.WriteLine(guyToRead);
// Output: Joe is 37 years old and has 150 bucks [1461194451,0]
string xmlGuy = @"
<Guy xmlns=""http://www.headfirstlabs.com"" xmlns:i=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"">
<Age>43</Age>
<Cash>225</Cash>
<Name>Bob</Name>
<secretNumberOne>54321</secretNumberOne>
</Guy>";
byte[] buffer = UnicodeEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlGuy);
using (XmlDictionaryReader reader =
XmlDictionaryReader.CreateTextReader(buffer, new XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas()))
{
guyToRead = serializer.ReadObject(reader, true) as SerializableGuy;
}
Console.WriteLine(guyToRead);
// Output: Bob is 43 years old and has 225 bucks [54321,0]
Console.ReadKey();
}