using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
// Note: When building this code, you must reference the
// System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.dll assembly.
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap;
class App
{
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Serialize();
Deserialize();
}
static void Serialize()
{
// Create a hashtable of values that will eventually be serialized.
Hashtable addresses = new Hashtable();
addresses.Add("Jeff", "123 Main Street, Redmond, WA 98052");
addresses.Add("Fred", "987 Pine Road, Phila., PA 19116");
addresses.Add("Mary", "PO Box 112233, Palo Alto, CA 94301");
// To serialize the hashtable (and its key/value pairs),
// you must first open a stream for writing.
// Use a file stream here.
FileStream fs = new FileStream("DataFile.soap", FileMode.Create);
// Construct a SoapFormatter and use it
// to serialize the data to the stream.
SoapFormatter formatter = new SoapFormatter();
try
{
formatter.Serialize(fs, addresses);
}
catch (SerializationException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Failed to serialize. Reason: " + e.Message);
throw;
}
finally
{
fs.Close();
}
}
static void Deserialize()
{
// Declare the hashtable reference.
Hashtable addresses = null;
// Open the file containing the data that you want to deserialize.
FileStream fs = new FileStream("DataFile.soap", FileMode.Open);
try
{
SoapFormatter formatter = new SoapFormatter();
// Deserialize the hashtable from the file and
// assign the reference to the local variable.
addresses = (Hashtable) formatter.Deserialize(fs);
}
catch (SerializationException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Failed to deserialize. Reason: " + e.Message);
throw;
}
finally
{
fs.Close();
}
// To prove that the table deserialized correctly,
// display the key/value pairs to the console.
foreach (DictionaryEntry de in addresses)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} lives at {1}.", de.Key, de.Value);
}
}
}