gistfile1.cs

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace ConsoleApplication146
{
	interface ICommand
	{
		void Display();
	}

	class BoardPosition
	{
		public int Row { get; private set; }
		public int Col { get; private set; }

		public BoardPosition(int row, int col)
		{
			Row = row;
			Col = col;
		}
	}

	class DoStuffCommand : ICommand
	{
		public string Whoa { get; private set; }
		public int Blegh { get; private set; }
		public BoardPosition Position { get; private set; }

		public DoStuffCommand(string whoa, int blegh, BoardPosition position)
		{
			Whoa = whoa;
			Blegh = blegh;
			Position = position;
		}

		public void Display()
		{
			Console.WriteLine(string.Format("DoStuff - {0}, {1}, Pos: {2}, {3}", Whoa, Blegh, Position.Row, Position.Col));
		}
	}

	class Program
	{
		static void Main()
		{
			// client side
			var cmd = new DoStuffCommand("Hey there", 42, new BoardPosition(1, 3));
			cmd.Display();

			var bytes = Save(cmd);
			var type = "ConsoleApplication146.DoStuffCommand";

			// server side
			var serverCmd = Load(bytes, type);
			serverCmd.Display();

			Console.ReadKey();
		}

		static ICommand Load(byte[] bytes, string type)
		{
			return (ICommand) JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes), Type.GetType(type));
		}

		static byte[] Save(ICommand command)
		{
			return Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(command, Formatting.Indented));
		}
	}
}