Mega Code Archive
Use BinaryFormatter to serialize user defined class
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
[Serializable]
public class Product {
public long Id;
public string Name;
public double Price;
[NonSerialized]
string Notes;
public Product(long id, string name, double price, string notes) {
Id = id;
Name = name;
Price = price;
Notes = notes;
}
public override string ToString() {
return string.Format("{0}: {1} (${2:F2}) {3}", Id, Name, Price, Notes);
}
}
class Program {
static void Main(string[] args) {
List<Product> products = new List<Product>();
products.Add(new Product(1, "A", 1000.0, "s"));
products.Add(new Product(2, "B", 25.0, "T"));
products.Add(new Product(4, "C", 12.0, "k"));
foreach (Product product in products) {
Console.WriteLine(product);
}
IFormatter serializer = new BinaryFormatter();
FileStream saveFile = new FileStream("Products.bin", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
serializer.Serialize(saveFile, products);
saveFile.Close();
FileStream loadFile =new FileStream("Products.bin", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
List<Product> savedProducts = serializer.Deserialize(loadFile) as List<Product>;
loadFile.Close();
foreach (Product product in savedProducts) {
Console.WriteLine(product);
}
}
}
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