Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary
Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap
Public Class Tester
Public Shared Sub Main
Dim myClsSerializable As New ClsSerializable()
SerializeBinary(myClsSerializable)
Console.WriteLine(FileContent(False))
Dim myFileStream As FileStream
myFileStream = New FileStream("test.dat", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
Dim myFormatter As New BinaryFormatter()
myClsSerializable = CType(myFormatter.Deserialize(myFileStream), ClsSerializable)
Console.WriteLine(myClsSerializable.intNumber.ToString)
Console.WriteLine(myClsSerializable.lngNumber.ToString)
Console.WriteLine(myClsSerializable.strDemo)
End Sub
Private Shared Function FileContent(ByVal blnBinary As Boolean) As String
Dim strContent As String
Dim myStreamReader As StreamReader
Dim myFileStream As FileStream
Dim i As Integer
Try
myFileStream = New FileStream("test.dat", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
If blnBinary = True Then
For i = 1 To myFileStream.Length
strContent += myFileStream.ReadByte.ToString + " "
Next
Else
myStreamReader = New StreamReader(myFileStream)
strContent = myStreamReader.ReadToEnd
End If
myFileStream.Flush()
myFileStream.Close()
Return strContent
Catch ex As IOException
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
End Try
End Function
Private Shared Sub SerializeBinary(ByVal myClsSerializable As ClsSerializable)
Dim myFileStream As FileStream = New FileStream("test.dat", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write)
Dim myBFormatter As BinaryFormatter = New BinaryFormatter()
myBFormatter.Serialize(myFileStream, myClsSerializable)
myFileStream.Flush()
myFileStream.Close()
End Sub
End Class
Public Class ClsSerializable
Public intNumber As Integer = 254
Public strDemo As String = "This is a poublic test string"
Private strpDemo As String = "This is a private test string"
Public lngNumber As Long = 123456
End Class