C Object Serialization

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  • Later, you can read back the serialized state and deserialize into a java.awt.Button object. The Java platform specifies a default way by which serializable objects are serialized. A (Java) class can override this default serialization and define its own way of serializing objects of that class.
  • In computer science, in the context of data storage, serialization (or serialisation) is the process of translating data structures or object state into a format that can be stored (for example, in a file or memory buffer) or transmitted (for example, across a network connection link) and reconstructed later (possibly in a different computer environment).
  • Serialization is the process of converting an object into a serial stream-like format. Often that means converting it into XML data for storage or transmission over a network. Deserialization is the process of using a serialization to rebuild the original object. Basic serialization in C# is relatively simple.
  • Serialization is the process of converting complex objects into stream of bytes for storage. Deserialization is its reverse process, that is unpacking stream of bytes to their original form. The namespace which is used to read and write files is System.IO. For Serialization we are going to look at the System.Runtime.Serialization namespace.
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C# Serialization. In C#, serialization is the process of converting object into byte stream so that it can be saved to memory, file or database. The reverse process of serialization is called deserialization. Serialization is internally used in remote applications. C# SerializableAttribute. I'm looking for an example that would show how to serialize a c object at it's simplest w/o using any other api's. I have a class that I want to serialize and then pass to my obj-c class so I can send it.

In C#, serialization is the process of converting object into byte stream so that it can be saved to memory, file or database. The reverse process of serialization is called deserialization.

Serialization is internally used in remote applications.

C# SerializableAttribute

To serialize the object, you need to apply SerializableAttribute attribute to the type. If you don't apply SerializableAttribute attribute to the type, SerializationException exception is thrown at runtime.

C# Serialization example

Let's see the simple example of serialization in C# where we are serializing the object of Student class. Here, we are going to use BinaryFormatter.Serialize(stream, reference) method to serialize the object.

sss.txt:

As you can see, the serialized data is stored in the file. To get the data, you need to perform deserialization.

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I have a C# class that I have inherited. I have successfully 'built' the object. But I need to serialize the object to XML. Is there an easy way to do it?

It looks like the class has been set up for serialization, but I'm not sure how to get the XML representation. My class definition looks like this:

Here is what I thought I could do, but it doesn't work:

How do I get the XML representation of this object?

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You have to use XmlSerializer for XML serialization. Below is a sample snippet.

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RameshVelRameshVel
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I modified mine to return a string rather than use a ref variable like below.

Its usage would be like this:

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The following function can be copied to any object to add an XML save function using the System.Xml namespace.

To create the object from the saved file, add the following function and replace [ObjectType] with the object type to be created.

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Extension class:

Usage:

Just reference the namespace holding your extension method in the file you would like to use it in and it'll work (in my example it would be: using MyProj.Extensions;)

Note that if you want to make the extension method specific to only a particular class(eg., Foo), you can replace the T argument in the extension method, eg.

public static string Serialize(this Foo value){..}

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You can use the function like below to get serialized XML from any object.

You can call this from the client.

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To serialize an object, do:

Also remember that for XmlSerializer to work, you need a parameterless constructor.

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I will start with the copy answer of Ben Gripka:

I used this code earlier. But reality showed that this solution is a bit problematic. Usually most of programmers just serialize setting on save and deserialize settings on load. This is an optimistic scenario. Once the serialization failed, because of some reason, the file is partly written, XML file is not complete and it is invalid. In consequence XML deserialization does not work and your application may crash on start. If the file is not huge, I suggest first serialize object to MemoryStream then write the stream to the File. This case is especially important if there is some complicated custom serialization. You can never test all cases.

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The deserialization in real world scenario should count with corrupted serialization file, it happens sometime. Load function provided by Ben Gripka is fine.

And it could be wrapped by some recovery scenario. It is suitable for settings files or other files which can be deleted in case of problems.

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All upvoted answers above are correct. This is just simplest version:

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It's a little bit more complicated than calling the ToString method of the class, but not much.

Here's a simple drop-in function you can use to serialize any type of object. It returns a string containing the serialized XML contents:

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You should basically use System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer class to do this.

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You can create and store the result as xml file in the desired location.

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my work code. Returns utf8 xml enable empty namespace.

Why Serialize Objects

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I have a simple way to serialize an object to XML using C#, it works great and it's highly reusable. I know this is an older thread, but I wanted to post this because someone may find this helpful to them.

Here is how I call the method:

Object Serialization Java

Here is the class that does the work:

Note: Since these are extension methods they need to be in a static class.

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C Sharp Object Serialization

Here's a basic code that will help serializing the C# objects into xml:

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C# Xml To Object Serialization

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