Serialization of an object list in binary form : Binary Serialization : File Directory Stream C# Examples

    
using  System;
using  System.IO;
using  System.Collections;
using  System.Runtime.Serialization;
using  System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using  System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap;

[Serializable]
public  class  MyElement
{
        public  MyElement(string  name)
        {
                this.name  =  name;
                this.cacheValue  =  15;
        }
        public  override  string  ToString()
        {
                return(String.Format("{0}:  {1}",  name,  cacheValue));
        }
        string  name;

        [NonSerialized]
        int  cacheValue;
}

[Serializable]
public  class  MyElementList
{
        public  void  Add(MyElement  my)
        {
                row.Add(my);
        }
        
        public  override  string  ToString()
        {
                string  temp  =  null;
                foreach  (MyElement  my  in  row)
                        temp  +=  my.ToString()  +  "\n";  
                return(temp);
        }
        
        ArrayList  row  =  new  ArrayList();        
}

class  MainClass
{
        public  static  void  Main()
        {
                MyElementList  row  =  new  MyElementList();
                row.Add(new  MyElement("Gumby"));
                row.Add(new  MyElement("Pokey"));
                
                Console.WriteLine("Initial  value");
                Console.WriteLine("{0}",  row);
                
                //  write  to  binary,  read  it  back
                Stream  streamWrite  =  File.Create("MyElementList.bin");
                BinaryFormatter  binaryWrite  =  new  BinaryFormatter();
                binaryWrite.Serialize(streamWrite,  row);
                streamWrite.Close();
                
                Stream  streamRead  =  File.OpenRead("MyElementList.bin");
                BinaryFormatter  binaryRead  =  new  BinaryFormatter();
                MyElementList  rowBinary  =  (MyElementList)  binaryRead.Deserialize(streamRead);
                streamRead.Close();
                
                Console.WriteLine("Values  after  binary  serialization");
                Console.WriteLine("{0}",  rowBinary);
                
        }
}