转自:http://www.cnblogs.com/firstyi/archive/2008/03/18/1111800.html
序列化和反序列化我们可能经常会听到,其实通俗一点的解释,序列化就是把一个对象保存到一个文件或数据库字段中去,反序列化就是在适当的时候把这个文件再转化成原来的对象使用。
我想最主要的作用有:
1、在进程下次启动时读取上次保存的对象的信息
2、在不同的AppDomain或进程之间传递数据
3、在分布式应用系统中传递数据
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在C#中常见的序列化的方法主要也有三个:BinaryFormatter、SoapFormatter、XML序列化
本文就通过一个小例子主要说说这三种方法的具体使用和异同点
这个例子就是使用三种不同的方式把一个Book对象进行序列化和反序列化,当然这个Book类首先是可以被序列化的。至于怎么使一个类可以序列化可以参见:C#强化系列文章一:ViewState使用兼谈序列化

这个类比较简单,就是定义了一些public字段和一个可读写的属性,一个private字段,一个标记为[NonSerialized]的字段,具体会在下面的例子中体现出来
一、BinaryFormatter序列化方式
1、序列化,就是给Book类赋值,然后进行序列化到一个文件中









2、反序列化



3、测试用的



































主要就是调用System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary空间下的BinaryFormatter类进行序列化和反序列化,以缩略型二进制格式写到一个文件中去,速度比较快,而且写入后的文件已二进制保存有一定的保密效果。
调用反序列化后的截图如下:
也就是说除了标记为NonSerialized的其他所有成员都能序列化
二、SoapFormatter序列化方式
调用序列化和反序列化的方法和上面比较类似,我就不列出来了,主要就看看SoapSerialize类

主要就是调用System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap空间下的SoapFormatter类进行序列化和反序列化,使用之前需要应用System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.dll(.net自带的)
序列化之后的文件是Soap格式的文件(简单对象访问协议(Simple Object Access Protocol,SOAP),是一种轻量的、简单的、基于XML的协议,它被设计成在WEB上交换结构化的和固化的信息。 SOAP 可以和现存的许多因特网协议和格式结合使用,包括超文本传输协议(HTTP),简单邮件传输协议(SMTP),多用途网际邮件扩充协议(MIME)。它还支持从消息系统到远程过程调用(RPC)等大量的应用程序。SOAP使用基于XML的数据结构和超文本传输协议(HTTP)的组合定义了一个标准的方法来使用Internet上各种不同操作环境中的分布式对象。)
调用反序列化之后的结果和方法一相同
三、XML序列化方式
调用序列化和反序列化的方法和上面比较类似,我就不列出来了,主要就看看XmlSerialize类



































从这三个测试类我们可以看出来其实三种方法的调用方式都差不多,只是具体使用的类不同
xml序列化之后的文件就是一般的一个xml文件:











输出截图如下:
也就是说采用xml序列化的方式只能保存public的字段和可读写的属性,对于private等类型的字段不能进行序列化
关于循环引用:
比如在上面的例子Book类中加入如下一个属性:
public Book relationBook;
在调用序列化时使用如下方法:




















这样就会出现循环引用的情况,对于BinarySerialize和SoapSerialize可以正常序列化(.NET内部进行处理了),对于XmlSerialize出现这种情况会报错:"序列化类型 SerializableTest.Book 的对象时检测到循环引用。"