Object serialization has been present from almost the times objects came into being. However, the power of serialization was realized only after its introduction in the MFC (Microsoft Foundation ...

Serialization and immutable collections do mix in .NET, but only if you look to third party libraries like JSON.NET and protobuf-net.

The BinaryFormatter class serializes and deserializes an object, or an entire graph of connected objects, in binary format. This allows a compact storage or transition. Because it's implemented in ...

However, serialization is also costly because of the resource overhead involved in serializing and de-serializing objects. To work with Serialization in .Net you should take advantage of the ...

So, now we have discussed what .Net serialization is all about, how it is to be used, and how it can be customized. Having taken an inside look at this useful means of object state-management, we can ...