C# Serialization

Book.cs

[Serializable]
/// <summary> Book Class </summary>
internal class Book
{
    /// <summary> Book Name </summary>
    public string Name { get; set; }

    /// <summary> Book ID </summary>
    public int Id { get; set; }

    /// <summary> Book PublishDate </summary>
    public DateTime PublishDate { get; set; }

    /// <summary> Book RawData </summary>
    public byte[] RawData { get; set; }
}

Main.cs

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Book book = new Book();
    book.Name = "Test Book";
    book.Id = 12345;
    book.PublishDate = DateTime.Now;
    book.RawData = new byte[] {1, 2, 3};

    byte[] data = SerialzationHelper.BinarySerialize(book);
    Book book2 = SerialzationHelper.BinaryDeserialize<Book>(data);
}

SerialzationHelper.cs

/// <summary> SerialzationHelper Class </summary>
public class SerialzationHelper
{
    /// <summary> Serialize object to binary </summary>
    /// <param name="obj"> object </param>
    /// <returns> binary </returns>
    public static byte[] BinarySerialize(object obj)
    {
        byte[] data;

        IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
        using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            formatter.Serialize(stream, obj);
            data = stream.GetBuffer();
        }

        return data;
    }

    /// <summary> Deserialize binary to object </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T"> object type </typeparam>
    /// <param name="data"> binary </param>
    /// <returns> object </returns>
    public static T BinaryDeserialize<T>(byte[] data)
    {
        T obj;

        IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
        using (var stream = new MemoryStream(data))
        {
            obj = (T)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
        }

        return obj;
    }
}