Serialization

Manual Serialization 200% + Faster than BinaryFormatter

· Serialization Facts

o Binary serialization can handle graphs with multiple references to the same object;

o XML serialization will turn each reference into a reference to a unique object.

o Binary serialization the entire object state is saved

o while in XML serialization only some of the object data is saved

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· Serialization Clone:

o Only for serializable objects


o Should be by serialization as it get serialized in web service

Advantages of Binary Serialization

All members, no matter if they are read-only will be serialized.
Greater performance*

Advantages of XML Serialization

Greater flexibility of object sharing and usage (interoperability)
No strict binary dependence
Human readable