using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using System.Text;

using Polenter.Serialization;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var dict = new Dictionary<string, string[]> 

        {

            { "nikhil", new string[] { "nikhil.0@so.com", "nikhil.1@so.com" } } 

        };

        var serialized = Serialize(dict);

        Console.WriteLine(serialized);

        var deserialized = Deserialize<Dictionary<string, string[]>>(serialized);

        Console.WriteLine(string.Join(",", deserialized["nikhil"]) == string.Join(",", deserialized["nikhil"])); // True

    }

    private static string Serialize<T>(T obj) where T : class

    {

        using (var stream = new MemoryStream())

        {

            var serializer = new SharpSerializer();

            serializer.Serialize(obj, stream);

            stream.Position = 0;

            return new StreamReader(stream).ReadToEnd();

        }

    }

    private static T Deserialize<T>(string val) where T : class

    {

        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(val)) 

        {

            return default(T);

        }

        var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(val);

        using (var stream = new MemoryStream(bytes))

        {

            var serializer = new SharpSerializer();

            return serializer.Deserialize(stream) as T;

        }

    }

}