BinaryFormatterImplementation

BinaryFormatterImplementation.cs

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

namespace ConsoleDev
{
    public class BinaryFormatterImplementation
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Serialize();
            Deserialize();
        }

        static void Serialize()
        {
            var manager = new SaveManager();

            FileStream fs = new FileStream("DataFile.dat", FileMode.Create);

            BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
            try
            {
                formatter.Serialize(fs, manager);
            }
            catch (SerializationException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed to serialize. Reason: " + e.Message);
                throw;
            }
            finally
            {
                fs.Close();
            }
        }


        static void Deserialize()
        {
            SaveManager manager = null;

            FileStream fs = new FileStream("DataFile.dat", FileMode.Open);
            try
            {
                BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
                manager = (SaveManager)formatter.Deserialize(fs);
            }
            catch (SerializationException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed to deserialize. Reason: " + e.Message);
                throw;
            }
            finally
            {
                fs.Close();
            }
            
            // Writes 1.5
            Console.WriteLine(manager.Version);
        }
    }

    [Serializable]
    public class SaveManager
    {
        [OptionalField]
        public float Version = 1.5f;
    }
}