using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

using System.Collections.Generic;

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public static class DictionaryExtension

{

    public static byte[] Serialize<T,V>(this Dictionary<T,V> source) 

    {

        try

        {

            if (source == null)

            {

                return null;

            }

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            using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())

            {

                var binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();

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                binaryFormatter.Serialize(memoryStream, source);

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                return memoryStream.ToArray();

            }

        }

        catch(Exception e)

        {

            return default(byte[]);

        }

    }

}

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var foo = new Dictionary<int,bool>()

        {

            {1,true}

        };

        var res = foo.Serialize();

        var bar = 1;

        res = bar.Serialize();

    }

}

​