This code works for me:
public void Run()
{
Dog myDog = new Dog();
myDog.Name= "Foo";
myDog.Color = DogColor.Brown;
System.Console.WriteLine("{0}", myDog.ToString());
MemoryStream stream = SerializeToStream(myDog);
Dog newDog = (Dog)DeserializeFromStream(stream);
System.Console.WriteLine("{0}", newDog.ToString());
}
Where the types are like this:
[Serializable]
public enum DogColor
{
Brown,
Black,
Mottled
}
[Serializable]
public class Dog
{
public String Name
{
get; set;
}
public DogColor Color
{
get;set;
}
public override String ToString()
{
return String.Format("Dog: {0}/{1}", Name, Color);
}
}
and the utility methods are:
public static MemoryStream SerializeToStream(object o)
{
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
formatter.Serialize(stream, o);
return stream;
}
public static object DeserializeFromStream(MemoryStream stream)
{
IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
object o = formatter.Deserialize(stream);
return o;
}