Chapter 4

Serialization

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What we have in this chapter?

1. An Overview

2. Serialization Formats

3. Binary Serialization

4. Controlling Binary Serialization

5. C++ Binary SOAP Program Example

6. C# Binary SOAP Program Example

7. VB .NET Binary SOAP Program Example

8. C++ Binary Socket Server Program Example

9. Creating Shared C++ DLL Class

10. C++ Binary Socket Client Program Example

11. C# Binary Socket Server Program Example

12. Adding C# Binary Server Socket Program Example

13. Adding C# Shared DLL Program Example

14. C# Binary Client Socket Program Example - The client program

15. Testing the C# Client and Server Program

16. VB .NET Binary Socket Server Program Example

17. Adding a VB .NET Shared DLL

18. Adding the VB .NET Binary Socket Client Program Example

19. The VB .NET Shared DLL Project

20. VB .NET: The Binary Server Socket Project

21. VB .NET: The Binary Client Socket project

22. VB .NET: Testing the Whole Project, Client and Server

23. XML Serialization

24. Controlling XML Serialization

25. Overriding XML Serialization

26. XmlAttributes Class

27. XmlAttributeOverrides Class

28. C++ XML Serialization Program Example

29. C# XML Serialization Program Example

30. VB .NET XML Serialization Program Example

31. Another C++ XML Serialization Program Example

32. Another C# XML Serialization Program Example

33. Another VB .NET XML Serialization Program Example

34. SOAP Serialization

35. Code Access Security

Summary

It’s evident that serialization is a powerful and very useful mechanism for transporting complex data across processes, regardless of whether they’re running on the same machine or across a network. The .NET Framework offers three types of serialization, and each has its own advantages. Binary serialization is the easiest of all serializers to use and also produces the most compact data. The XML serializer offers interoperability and portability at the expense of a much larger serialized data size. Finally, serializing to SOAP allows interoperability with SOAP-based services such as .NET Remoting and Web services. The ability to serialize data forms the building blocks for many technologies such as .NET Remoting and Web services, which are covered later in this book.

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