static void Main(string[] args)
{
MusicDataStore musicData = new MusicDataStore().TestData();
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
using (FileStream outputStream =
new FileStream("MusicTracks.bin", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write))
{
formatter.Serialize(outputStream, musicData);
}
MusicDataStore inputData;
using (FileStream inputStream =
new FileStream("MusicTracks.bin", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
inputData = (MusicDataStore)formatter.Deserialize(inputStream);
}
foreach (var item in inputData.Artists)
{
Console.WriteLine(item.Name);
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
public MusicDataStore TestData()
{
MusicDataStore result = new MusicDataStore();
//create same test data set as used for LINQ example
string[] artistNames = new string[] { "Rob Miles", "Freed Bloggs",
"The Bloggs Sisters", "Immy Brown" };
string[] titleNames = new string[] { "My Way", "Your Way", "His Way", "Her Way",
"Milky Way" };
Random rand = new Random(1);
var artistCount = 1;
var trackCount = 1;
foreach (string artistName in artistNames)
{
Artist newArtist = new Artist {
Name = artistName, ID = artistCount++
};
Artists.Add(newArtist);
foreach (string titleName in titleNames)
{
MusicTrack newTrack = new MusicTrack
{
Artist = newArtist,
Title = titleName,
Length = rand.Next(20, 600),
ID = trackCount++
};
MusicTracks.Add(newTrack);
}
}
return(result);
}
