Csharp/C Sharp by API/System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap/SoapFormatter

new SoapFormatter()

  

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap;
[Serializable]
class Customer
{
  private int CustomerNumber;
  private string CustomerName;
  private string CustomerCountry;
  public void WriteCustomer()
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Customer Number: " + this.CustomerNumber);
  }
  public Customer(int newCustomerNumber, string newCustomerName, string newCustomerCountry)
  {
    this.CustomerNumber = newCustomerNumber;
    this.CustomerName = newCustomerName;
    this.CustomerCountry = newCustomerCountry;
  }
}
public class MainClass
{
  public static void Main() 
  {
    Customer MyCustomer = new Customer(1, "X Corporation", "France");
    MyCustomer.WriteCustomer();
    FileStream serializeStream = new FileStream("c:\\MyCustomer.xml", FileMode.Create);
    SoapFormatter sf = new SoapFormatter();
    sf.Serialize(serializeStream, MyCustomer);
    serializeStream.Flush();
    serializeStream.Close();
    FileStream retrieveStream = new FileStream("c:\\MyCustomer.xml",FileMode.Open);
    Customer NewCustomer = (Customer) sf.Deserialize(retrieveStream);
    NewCustomer.WriteCustomer();
  }
}

SoapFormatter.Serialize

 
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap;
public class FrameworksOverviewSerialization
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        MyRow row = new MyRow();
        row.Add(new MyElement("Gumby"));
        row.Add(new MyElement("Pokey"));
        
        Console.WriteLine("Initial value");
        Console.WriteLine("{0}", row);
        
        Stream streamWrite = File.Create("MyRow.bin");
        BinaryFormatter binaryWrite = new BinaryFormatter();
        binaryWrite.Serialize(streamWrite, row);
        streamWrite.Close();
        
        Stream streamRead = File.OpenRead("MyRow.bin");
        BinaryFormatter binaryRead = new BinaryFormatter();
        MyRow rowBinary = (MyRow) binaryRead.Deserialize(streamRead);
        streamRead.Close();
        
        Console.WriteLine("Values after binary serialization");
        Console.WriteLine("{0}", rowBinary);
        
        streamWrite = File.Create("MyRow.xml");
        SoapFormatter soapWrite = new SoapFormatter();
        soapWrite.Serialize(streamWrite, row);
        streamWrite.Close();
        
        streamRead = File.OpenRead("MyRow.xml");
        SoapFormatter soapRead = new SoapFormatter();
        MyRow rowSoap = (MyRow) soapRead.Deserialize(streamRead);
        streamRead.Close();
        
        Console.WriteLine("Values after SOAP serialization");
        Console.WriteLine("{0}", rowSoap);
    }
}
[Serializable]
public class MyElement
{
    public MyElement(string name)
    {
        this.name = name;
        this.cacheValue = 15;
    }
    public override string ToString()
    {
        return(String.Format("{0}: {1}", name, cacheValue));
    }
    string name;
    // this field isn"t persisted.
    [NonSerialized]
    int cacheValue;
}
[Serializable]
public class MyRow
{
    public void Add(MyElement my)
    {
        row.Add(my);
    }
    
    public override string ToString()
    {
        string temp = null;
        foreach (MyElement my in row)
        temp += my.ToString() + "\n"; 
        return(temp);
    }
    
    ArrayList row = new ArrayList();    
}