Customized Serialization : Binary Serialization : File Directory Stream C# Examples

    
using  System;
using  System.IO;
using  System.Text;
using  System.Runtime.Serialization;
using  System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

[Serializable]
public  class  Employee  :  ISerializable
{
        public  string  name;
        public  int  age;
        public  string  address;

        public  Employee(string  name,  int  age,  string  address)
        {
                this.name  =  name;
                this.age  =  age;
                this.address  =  address;
        }

        private  Employee(SerializationInfo  info,  StreamingContext  context)
        {
                name  =  info.GetString("Name");
                age  =  info.GetInt32("Age");
                address  =  info.GetString("Address");
        }

        public  void  GetObjectData(SerializationInfo  inf,  StreamingContext  con)
        {
                //  Always  serialize  the  Employee's  name  and  age.
                inf.AddValue("Name",  name);
                inf.AddValue("Age",  age);
                inf.AddValue("Address",  address);
        }

        public  override  string  ToString()
        {
                StringBuilder  str  =  new  StringBuilder();

                str.AppendFormat("Name:  {0}\r\n",  name);
                str.AppendFormat("Age:  {0}\r\n",  age);
                str.AppendFormat("Address:  {0}\r\n",  address);

                return  str.ToString();
        }
}

public  class  MainClass
{
        public  static  void  Main(string[]  args)
        {
                Employee  anEmployee  =  new  Employee("Employee",  6,  "London");

                Stream  str  =  File.Create("anEmployee.bin");
                BinaryFormatter  bf  =  new  BinaryFormatter();
                bf.Context  =  new  StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates.CrossAppDomain);
                bf.Serialize(str,  anEmployee);
                str.Close();

                str  =  File.OpenRead("anEmployee.bin");
                bf  =  new  BinaryFormatter();
                anEmployee  =  (Employee)bf.Deserialize(str);
                str.Close();
                Console.WriteLine(anEmployee);
        }
}