Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml.Serialization
Public Class Point
Public X As Integer
Public Y As Integer
Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
Return "(" & X & "," & Y & ")"
End Function
End Class
Module Test
Sub Main()
Dim P1 As New Point()
P1.X = 6
P1.Y = 4
SaveToFile(P1)
Dim P2 As Point = RetrieveFromFile()
Console.WriteLine(P2.ToString())
End Sub
Sub SaveToFile(P as Point)
Dim Serializer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(Point))
Dim Writer As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter("point.xml")
Serializer.Serialize(Writer, P)
Writer.Close()
End Sub
Function RetrieveFromFile() As Point
Dim ReturnObject As Point
Dim Serializer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(Point))
Dim FS As FileStream = New FileStream("point.xml", FileMode.Open)
ReturnObject = CType(Serializer.Deserialize(FS), Point)
FS.Close()
Return ReturnObject
End Function
End Module
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