How To Serialize Object

[ronenhm]

Hello,

i like to know how i can Serialize an object to string
or binary data so i can pass it over network...

and then De-Serialize the object again

the object can be from any kind and contain any kind of data...

C# code Example will be greate for me to understand
thanks ronen.

 

[chiph]

Start off with this:

ms-help://MS.VSCC/MS.MSDNVS/cpguide/html/cpovrserializingobjects.htm

The short summary:
Mark your class with the [Serializable] attribute

Declare a formatter:
IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

Call one of the serialize overloaded methods on the formatter:
formatter.Serialize(stream, obj);

Chip H.

 

[ronenhm]

Hi
thanks for your response

can i serialize an object that i don't have its source code?
i have a class that is a SAPTable object developed by SAP compeny so i can't mark it as Serializeable
however i do wan't to pass it as stream over the network to another system

can it be done?

NOTE: when i returned this object from WebService and invoke the function from the explorer the response was the object in xml format
how can i do what the explorer did to that object?

thanks ronen.

 

[chiph]

Try the call to the formatter anyway - SAP might have already put the attribute on there for their own purposes.

There are several formatters available - there's also an XML formatter, plus you can write your own.

Chip H.

 

[ronenhm]

Thanks alot for the help!!