using System;

using System.Collections;

using System.IO;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

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public class BinarySerializerExample

    {

        public static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Store a Serializable Object to a File\nEduardo Isaac Ballesteros Muñoz\n");

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            ArrayList peopleList = new ArrayList();

            peopleList.Add("Eduardo");

            peopleList.Add("Evelyn");

            peopleList.Add("Laura");

            peopleList.Add("Jorge");

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            string fileName = "people.bin";

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            //Serialize the list

            FileStream fileStream = File.Create(fileName);

            BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();

            binaryFormatter.Serialize(fileStream, peopleList);

            fileStream.Close();

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            //Deserialize the list

            fileStream = File.OpenRead(fileName);

            binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();

            peopleList = (ArrayList)binaryFormatter.Deserialize(fileStream);

            fileStream.Close();

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            System.Console.WriteLine("After deserialize file");

            foreach (string item in peopleList)

            {

                System.Console.WriteLine(item);

            }

        }

    }