How to serialize c# object to binary data.

       The simplest way to serialize object, that is use class BinaryFormatter.

Sample of serialization to file:

using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(tempFilePath, FileMode.Create))
{
    BinaryFormatter b = new BinaryFormatter();
    b.Serialize(stream, originalData);
}

Sample of deserialization to file:

Data actualData;
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(tempFilePath, FileMode.Open))
{
    BinaryFormatter b = new BinaryFormatter();
    actualData = (Data)b.Deserialize(stream);
}

where class Data has attribute [Serializable].

See sources on “C# tips samples” project.

Reference:

BinaryFormatter Class

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