Typically, when serializing objects, JSON is preferred. However, on a project I’m working on, I’m sending objects to RabbitMQ, which uses byte arrays. Basically, I’m storing the contents of files on a queue to be processed by another application.
[Serializable]
public class Layout
{
public string Filename { get; set; }
public string Mode { get; set; }
public byte[] Contents { get; set; }
}
class Program
{
const string _filename = @"d:\Vengeance - Zack Hemsey.wav";
const string _action = "Create";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Layout layout = new Layout
{
Filename = _filename,
Mode = _action,
Contents = File.ReadAllBytes(_filename)
};
using (MemoryStream mTest = new MemoryStream())
{
BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
binaryFormatter.Serialize(mTest, layout);
mTest.Position = 0;
byte[] bytes = mTest.ToArray();
Layout fromByteArray = ByteArrayToObject<Layout>(bytes);
Layout deserializedLayout = (Layout)binaryFormatter.Deserialize(mTest);
}
Console.WriteLine("Serialization/deserialization complete");
}
public static T ByteArrayToObject<T>(byte[] arrBytes)
{
using (var memStream = new MemoryStream())
{
var binForm = new BinaryFormatter();
memStream.Write(arrBytes, 0, arrBytes.Length);
memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
object obj = binForm.Deserialize(memStream);
return (T)obj;
}
}
}
