C# Language Binary Serialization Serialization Binder
Example
The binder gives you an opportunity to inspect what types are being loaded in your application domain
Create a class inherited from SerializationBinder
class MyBinder : SerializationBinder
{
public override Type BindToType(string assemblyName, string typeName)
{
if (typeName.Equals("BinarySerializationExample.Item"))
return typeof(Item);
return null;
}
}
Now we can check what types are loading and on this basis to decide what we really want to receive
For using a binder, you must add it to the BinaryFormatter.
object DeserializeData(byte[] bytes)
{
var binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
binaryFormatter.Binder = new MyBinder();
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(bytes))
return binaryFormatter.Deserialize(memoryStream);
}
The complete solution
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
namespace BinarySerializationExample
{
class MyBinder : SerializationBinder
{
public override Type BindToType(string assemblyName, string typeName)
{
if (typeName.Equals("BinarySerializationExample.Item"))
return typeof(Item);
return null;
}
}
[Serializable]
public class Item
{
private string _name;
public string Name
{
get { return _name; }
set { _name = value; }
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var item = new Item
{
Name = "Orange"
};
var bytes = SerializeData(item);
var deserializedData = (Item)DeserializeData(bytes);
}
private static byte[] SerializeData(object obj)
{
var binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
binaryFormatter.Serialize(memoryStream, obj);
return memoryStream.ToArray();
}
}
private static object DeserializeData(byte[] bytes)
{
var binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter
{
Binder = new MyBinder()
};
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(bytes))
return binaryFormatter.Deserialize(memoryStream);
}
}
}
