BinaryFormatter.cs

/*
 * C# Programmers Pocket Consultant
 * Author: Gregory S. MacBeth
 * Email: gmacbeth@comporium.net
 * Create Date: June 27, 2003
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 * Version: 1
 */
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

namespace Client.Chapter_11___File_and_Streams
{
    class Class1
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Point p1 = new Point();

            p1.xpoint = 0x1111;
            p1.ypoint = 0x2222;

            // Opens a file and serializes the object into it.
            Stream stream = File.Open("onepoint.bin", FileMode.Create);
            BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();

            bformatter.Serialize(stream, p1);
            stream.Close();

            //Read the data from a file and desiralize it
            Stream openStream = File.Open("onepoint.bin", FileMode.Open);
            Point desierializedPoint = new Point();

            desierializedPoint = (Point)bformatter.Deserialize(openStream);
        }
    }
    [Serializable()]
    class Point
    {
        public int xpoint;
        public int ypoint;
    }

}