using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

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// [Note: You can paste the Lizard class here] <--

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class Program

{

    static void Main()

    {

        while(true)

        {

            Console.WriteLine("s=serialize, r=read:");

            switch (Console.ReadLine())

            {

                case "s":

                    var lizards1 = new List<Lizard>();

                    lizards1.Add(new Lizard("Thorny devil",                1, true));

                    lizards1.Add(new Lizard("Casquehead lizard",           0, false));

                    lizards1.Add(new Lizard("Green iguana",                4, true));

                    lizards1.Add(new Lizard("Blotched blue-tongue lizard", 0, false));

                    lizards1.Add(new Lizard("Gila monster",                1, false));

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                    try

                    {

                        using (Stream stream = File.Open("data.bin", FileMode.Create))

                        {

                            BinaryFormatter bin = new BinaryFormatter();

                            bin.Serialize(stream, lizards1);

                        }

                    }

                    catch (IOException)

                    {

                    }

                    break;

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                case "r":

                    try

                    {

                        using (Stream stream = File.Open("data.bin", FileMode.Open))

                        {

                            BinaryFormatter bin = new BinaryFormatter();

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                            var lizards2 = (List<Lizard>)bin.Deserialize(stream);

                            foreach (Lizard lizard in lizards2)

                            {

                                Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}, {2}",

                                    lizard.Type,

                                    lizard.Number,

                                    lizard.Healthy);

                            }

                        }

                    }

                    catch (IOException)

                    {

                    }

                    break;

            }

        }

    }

}