Convert an object to byte[] and back using BinaryFormatter

ObjToBytesAndBack.cs

using System;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.IO;
					
public class Program
{
	[Serializable]
	class MyObj{		
		public string name = "hello world";
		public int id = 1;
		public string[] strings = new string[]{"apple", "orange", "banana"};
		
		public override string ToString()
		{
			string s = "";			
			s += name+"|";
			s += id+"|";
			foreach(var st in strings){s+=st+"|";}			
			return s;
		}
	}
	
	public static void Main()
	{		
		////USING BINARY FORMATTER
		byte[] bytes = ObjectToByteArray( new MyObj() );
		Console.WriteLine( Convert.ToBase64String(bytes) );
		
		MyObj myObj = ByteArrayToObject(bytes) as MyObj;		
		Console.WriteLine(myObj);	
		/////////////////////
	}
	
	////USING BINARY FORMATTER	
	// Convert an object to a byte array
	public static byte[] ObjectToByteArray(Object obj)
	{
		BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
		using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
		{
			bf.Serialize(ms, obj);
			return ms.ToArray();
		}
	}
		
		// Convert a byte array to an Object
	public static Object ByteArrayToObject(byte[] arrBytes)
	{
		using (var memStream = new MemoryStream())
		{
			var binForm = new BinaryFormatter();
			memStream.Write(arrBytes, 0, arrBytes.Length);
			memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
			var obj = binForm.Deserialize(memStream);
			return obj;
		}
	}	
	///////////////
}

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