Serializes an object to binary
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace Utilities
{
/// <summary>
/// Helps with serializing an object to XML and back again.
/// </summary>
public static class Serialization
{
/// <summary>
/// Serializes an object to binary
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Object">Object to serialize</param>
/// <param name="Output">Binary output of the object</param>
public static void ObjectToBinary(object Object, out byte[] Output)
{
try
{
using (MemoryStream Stream = new MemoryStream())
{
BinaryFormatter Formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
Formatter.Serialize(Stream, Object);
Stream.Seek(0, 0);
Output = Stream.ToArray();
}
}
catch { throw; }
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes an object from binary
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Type of the object</typeparam>
/// <param name="Binary">Binary representation of the object</param>
/// <param name="Object">Object after it is deserialized</param>
public static void BinaryToObject<T>(byte[] Binary,out T Object)
{
try
{
using (MemoryStream Stream = new MemoryStream())
{
Stream.Write(Binary, 0, Binary.Length);
Stream.Seek(0, 0);
BinaryFormatter Formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
Object = (T)Formatter.Deserialize(Stream);
}
}
catch { throw; }
}
}
}
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