Use Method to Serialize and Deserialize Collection object from memory. This works on Collection Data Types. This Method will Serialize collection of any type to a byte stream. Create a Seperate Class SerilizeDeserialize and add following two methods:
public class SerilizeDeserialize
{
// Serialize collection of any type to a byte stream
public static byte[] Serialize<T>(T obj)
{
using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream())
{
BinaryFormatter binSerializer = new BinaryFormatter();
binSerializer.Serialize(memStream, obj);
return memStream.ToArray();
}
}
// DSerialize collection of any type to a byte stream
public static T Deserialize<T>(byte[] serializedObj)
{
T obj = default(T);
using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream(serializedObj))
{
BinaryFormatter binSerializer = new BinaryFormatter();
obj = (T)binSerializer.Deserialize(memStream);
}
return obj;
}
}
How To use these method in your Class:
ArrayList arrayListMem = new ArrayList() { "One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six", "Seven" };
Console.WriteLine("Serializing to Memory : arrayListMem");
byte[] stream = SerilizeDeserialize.Serialize(arrayListMem);
ArrayList arrayListMemDes = new ArrayList();
arrayListMemDes = SerilizeDeserialize.Deserialize<ArrayList>(stream);
Console.WriteLine("DSerializing From Memory : arrayListMemDes");
foreach (var item in arrayListMemDes)
{
Console.WriteLine(item);
}