using System;

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Globalization;

using System.IO;

using System.Linq;

using System.Reflection;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

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using KGySoft.CoreLibraries;

using KGySoft.Serialization.Binary;

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public static class Example

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        // feel free to change the type in NextObject<>

        var instance = ThreadSafeRandom.Instance.NextObject<Dictionary<int, List<string>>>();

        Console.WriteLine("Generated object:   " + Dump(instance));

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        using (var ms = new MemoryStream())

        {

            // serializing by KGy SOFT version:

            var formatter = new BinarySerializationFormatter();

            formatter.SerializeToStream(ms, instance);

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            // deserialization:

            ms.Position = 0L;

            object deserialized = formatter.DeserializeFromStream(ms);

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            Console.WriteLine("Deserialized object " + Dump(deserialized));

            Console.WriteLine("Length by BinarySerializationFormatter: " + ms.Length);

        }

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        using (var ms = new MemoryStream())

        {

            // serializing by System version:

            var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

            try

            {

                formatter.Serialize(ms, instance);

                Console.WriteLine("Length by BinaryFormatter: " + ms.Length);

            }

            catch (Exception e)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("BinaryFormatter serialization failed: " + e.Message);

            }

        }

    }

​

    private static string Dump(object o)

    {

        if (o == null)

            return "<null>";

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        if (o is IConvertible convertible)

            return convertible.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

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        if (o is IEnumerable enumerable)

            return $"[{enumerable.Cast<object>().Select(Dump).Join(", ")}]";

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        return $"{{{o.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance).Select(p => $"{p.Name} = {Dump(p.GetValue(o))}").Join(", ")}}}";

    }

}